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Saying I don't pay my stars is defamatory:
J.P. Dutta
By Subhash K. Jha,
Mumbai, Nov 24 A report that J.P. Dutta paid Abhishek
Bachchan a mere Rs.500,000 for his role in "Umrao Jaan" has the
filmmaker withdrawing into an angry and hurt shell.
"I'd not like to say anything on this. Why don't you ask
Abhishek and Ash what they've been paid? Abhishek is like my own
child. And I'd certainly not exploit him. What i object to
is the statement that I normally don't pay my stars. That's not
just untrue but defamatory. My lawyers are looking into taking
action," says JP, and clams up.
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His wife Bindiya, however, is
forthright: "No one out here is doing anything for charity. When
everyone is looking at a profit why would JP deprive his cast
and crew of their just remuneration? Enough canard has been
spread about him not paying his stars."
Bindiya gets emotional: "Even during 'LOC', JP was accused of
not paying his stars. We kept hearing rumours of this or that
star grumbling about non-payment. No one came and directly told
us that we hadn't paid them. They couldn't because it wasn't
true."
"Enough is enough. There's a limit to how much JP will be
attacked for being who he is. Just because he doesn't retaliate,
people think they can get away with saying anything. He makes
his films exactly the way he wants, and with the actors he
wants. If 'Umrao Jaan' hasn't succeeded in India it doesn't mean
people have the right to make any statement they want."
IANS
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