Sara Ali Khan opens up being sued for Rs 5 crore over shooting for Simmba and Kedarnath

Sara Ali Khan began her acting career in 2018 with the release of Abhishek Kapoor’s Kedarnath. That same month, she also shot for Rohit Shetty’s Simmba. Back then, Sara ran into legal issues while filming for both Simmba and Kedarnath.

Sara Ali Khan discloses about the lawsuit filed against her

Sara Ali Khan disclosed in an interview with Midday that she was sued for Rs 5 crore in 2018 due to the conflicting dates of Simmba and Kedarnath.

The actress said that although she had originally signed on for Kedarnath, the co-producers of Abhishek Kapoor’s film withdrew during production.

“2018 May, I was supposed to do Simmba; Kedarnath was the first film I signed. It was all good. Then some dates went up and down. And I also signed Simmba,” Sara mentioned.

“But now there were 3-4 dates that were coinciding. And I got sued for Rs 5 crore. I was very nervous because I didn’t have Rs 5 crore,” she added.

Sara shot for Kedarnath and Simmba simultaneously

Sara Ali Khan also revealed that she divided her time to film Simmba and Kedarnath after the issue was resolved out-of-court by filmmakers Rohit Shetty and Abhishek Kapoor.

The Kedarnath actress stated, “My grandfather, my mother’s father was dying in Delhi, and Ibrahim was in school, my mom was in Delhi, and I was served a vakalatnama at home, and I was like, ‘Now what do I do with this?’ I didn’t understand.”

Since her shoot was scheduled at the moment, Sara sent her management team to the court. The actress stated that Abhishek Kapoor, the director of Kedarnath, “had his reasons.”

After meeting Abhishek Kapoor, Rohit Shetty agreed to give three days to complete their filming. Sara made it from Hyderabad to Mumbai in time for the simultaneous filming of both projects.

Eventually, she and Abhishek Kapoor had worked everything out.