‘Parmanu’ release pushed again, John Abraham terminates contract with KriArj Entertainment

Release of John Abraham’s ‘Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran’ has been already delayed a couple of times. As an endmost stand, lead actor John Abraham, on behalf of his production house JA Entertainment which was co-producing the film, has decided to terminate all contracts with producers KriArj Entertainment.

The film was last set to release on 6th April, which John even put up on social media.

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John says this ‘extreme’ step has been taken ‘after days of trying to resolve the issues at hand in the best interest of the release of the film’ while he emphasizes that KriArj Entertainment has committed material breaches and the post-production work has time and again come to a halt due to delayed payment or non-payment. “We have been waiting and asking for payments at every stage..our payments have either been delayed or we have received wrong UTR number. Cheque payments have been stopped time and again,” he adds. (Also Read: John Abraham’s military look is hotter than the hottest summer day!)

He accuses KriArj of not sharing any distribution plan, keeping everyone in dark about their dealings with third parties and citing false reasons behind the delay in release without their approval.

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“Our repeated follow-ups have only been met with false promises to settle the issue, thus wasting crucial time on the project. The industry knows of the track record of kriarj..There has been a similar incident in the past with another film where they have done the same thing. Given the above, and in the best interest of the film, we have terminated our contract with KriArj Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. and will soon announce the release schedule. Any future attempts by Kriarj to jeopardize the film or defame the production house and / or the film, like they have done in the past with other films, will compel us to initiate legal proceedings against them,” the statement concluded.

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