Sara Ali Khan recalls getting sued of Rs 5 crore by Kedarnath director Abhishek Kapoor over dates clashing with Simmba; reveals Rohit Shetty came to her rescue

Sara Ali Khan made a promising debut with Abhishek Kapoor directed Kedarnath in 2018. The actress also starred in Rohit Shetty’s Simmba that same year. While the actress was excited having two big films in her kitty, things turned ugly for her when shoots clashed. In an interview with a news portal, Sara Ali Khan shares how she was sued of Rs 5 crore as shoot dates of Kedarnath and Simmba clashed. She recalls how she dealt with that phase.

Sara Ali Khan recalls getting sued by Kedarnath director

Recalling the incident when she had to pay heavy price as her film’s shoots clashed, Sara said, “In May 2018, I was supposed to do Simmba. Kedarnath was the first film I signed, Kedarnath was the first set I went on, Kedarnath was everything. Then some dates went upar-neeche, and I also signed Simmba. But now, there were three or four dates that were coinciding. And yeah, so I got sued for Rs 5 crore. I was very nervous, because I didn’t have Rs 5 crore. My grandfather, my mother’s father, was dying, in Delhi. My mother was with him. Ibrahim was in school. And I was served a ‘vakalatnaama’ at home. I didn’t know what to do.”

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She continued, “So, I sent the management to court, because I had to go to shoot, which the makers were aware of because they were also at the shoot. Then we shot, what else? I knew there were two ways that this could go, so I just went to Gattu sir (Abhishek Kapoor), and asked him if he’d like my spot girl to make her famous coffee, and he said yes. After that, the shoot was smooth. He also must’ve had his reasons. But it’s all good now. It’s all water under the bridge.”

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Asked if her management was sued and not her, Sara said that she doesn’t know. She said that the matter was resolved when the two filmmakers had a meeting to hash things out. “Then Rohit sir and Gattu sir met in a room. Ranveer came in and said, ‘Okay then’, and quickly left. They wanted only three days, and Rohit sir said, ‘Le lo’. And it was done. It was a bit tricky because I spent a lot of time flying from Hyderabad to Mumbai, because I was shooting for them simultaneously.”

On the work front, Sara will next be seen in Metro In Dino alongside Aditya Roy Kapur. The film directed by Anurag Basu is slated for release on November 29, 2024.

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