Actor Vivek Oberoi who is the owner of his firm, Oberoi Mega Entertainment LLP has filed a fraud case against at least three of his business partners for allegedly defrauding him of Rs 1.55 crore. Vivek filed the case by Deven Bafna, the chartered accountant of his firm. The actor has alleged that the partners made him invest money in an event and film production firm promising lucrative profits. But later, the accused used the money for their own personal expenses. The case was registered at MIDC police station in Mumbai on Wednesday and police are now probing the case.
The accused partners are Anandita Entertainment LLP Sanjay Shah, Nandita Shah, Radhika Nanda and others. Vivek's wife Priyanka was also part of Oberoi Organic LLP which was formed in April 2017. The company was into producing, buying and selling organic products. But after three years, they were thinking of shutting it down due to the less demand for organic products in the market. Reportedly, it was during that time, Vivek came in contact with Sanjay, who was into organising events and producing films. In 2020, in February, Vivek and Sanjay met to discuss the business deal and agreed on each other's terms.
The police complaint states that as per their agreements and mutual understanding, the name of Oberoi Organic LLP and its business purpose were changed and it was renamed to Anandita Entertainment LLP which was into producing films and organising events. Sanjay added his and his mother's name as partners. Vivek's wife was made to resign and Sanay added Radhika as his partner.
The police said that the 'Saathiya' actor exited after six months and replaced his share of 33.33% and position with his firm Oberoi Mega Entertainment LLP. He invested Rs 95.72 lakh in Anandita Entertainment LLP till November 2021.
The complaint also stated that in February 2021, they decided to produce a film called 'Ganshe' starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui. He was paid Rs 51 lakh by Oberoi. Also, the writer and director were taken on board and paid. Sanjay and Vivek were talking to Zee5 about the release of the film. It was early 2022, Vivek found out that Sanjay had misused funds. He then asked his CA to check and got to know that Sanjay, Nandita and Radhika allegedly misused the funds of the company worth Rs. 58.56 lakh for their personal expenses like buying jewellery, paying for insurance, etc.
Vivek then found out that Sanjay had formed another firm, Anandita Studios Pvt. Ltd., and lied to the officers in Zee5 by saying that his firm, Anandita Studios Pvt. Ltd., was producing the film ‘Ganshe’. The actor informed Nawazuddin about the fraud, and the latter returned Rs 51 lakh to Vivek.
The police complaint further alleged that Sanjay and others accused took the money worth Rs 60 lakh that 'Krrish 3' actor and their company got as payment for his guest appearances in various events and programmes.
