‘The White Tiger’ producer Mukul Deora is in trouble as a complaint has been lodged against him. He has been alleged of using a Swiss Bank account, for funding the development of Netflix film, The White Tiger starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Rajkummar Rao. A complaint is registered against Mukul Deora, son of late Congress Politician Murli Deora, and his CA Sharad Seksaria and Netflix. The request to probe Mukul Deora’s shell companies was made by Sonia Mudbhatkal, Founder and CEO of the New Jersey-based Continuum Media LLC.
Further, Mudbhatkal said in her compliant to ED, “I wanted to lodge a formal request for an investigation into the dealings of Congress politician Murli Deora’s son Mukul Deora and his CA (and Director of all Mukul Deora and Milind Deora companies), Sharad Seksaria, and also Netflix who is their accomplice as they are in the know of all these various shell companies, and have done a deal with such companies knowingly in violation of John Hart and my (the original copyright holders and producers of the film, The White Tiger) copyright and producing rights of the picture, and in, potentially, gross violation of our country’s laws.”
Moreover, Mukul’s lawyer Sandeep Sethi has clearly admitted that the Irish offshore entity Particle Media belongs to Mukul’s Benami entity, which on paper shows it belongs to a fictitious person known as Raj Lakhani (Mukul’s benamidar). Further, some reports say that Lakhani is a Hong Kong resident and a British Passport holder.
Furthermore, Mudbhatkal said in her complaint, that the BSI bank which was apparently closed in 2016 gave a cheque to Netflix for funding of the movie. She has all the relevant documents to prove that all the transactions done by the producer Deora are fraud.
Later on Monday, Mukul Deora issued a statement reacting to the charges.“I have a deep respect for and full faith in the judiciary of India. As you are aware, on 21 January 2021, upon a holistic consideration of the facts, the Hon’ble Delhi High Court, among other things, rejected the demand by the Plaintiffs and refused to stay the release of The White Tiger. I understand that the Delhi High Court observed that it was not possible, based on the material on record before it, to come to any prima facie conclusion that, by producing or releasing the film, the Defendants indulged in illegal copyright infringement or transgressed the right of the Plaintiff as was alleged in the matter. The matter is currently subjudice and I look forward to the completion of the legal proceedings in this matter. The truth will continue to prevail.”
