Suniel Shetty accuses production house of fraud over fake poster

The actor has claimed that his picture was used in the poster without his permission.

The Dhadkan star clearly clarified that he has not been roped in for the movie and is not associated with the project in any manner.

Furious that his name was misused, Shetty filed a complaint on Wednesday at the Versova Police station.

It was after the movie's poster surfaced on social media that the forgery was highlighted.

"These guys are nothing but dangerous elements in society. Thanks to a friend of mine, Hanif, I was told (yesterday) that someone has put a post of such film and he wondered if I was doing it, (sic)" he told ETimes.

No FIR has been registered yet.

Shetty was also livid that filmmaker Ekta Kapoor's name was being maligned.

"My face is being wrongly propagated to lure finance and youth both to make a film which perhaps never exists. These guys call them Balaji Media Films Pvt Ltd and we all know Balaji belongs to whom," he added.

The actor said he wants to send the fraudsters to "freaking jail."

In a similar case, streaming giant Amazon Prime Video was asked by the Bombay High Court on Tuesday to take down the movie V as it featured actress Sakshi Malik's objectionable photo without her permission.

On Thursday, the edited version was allowed to be released.

Malik said the entire incident cost her many movies. "The producers have stopped calling," she told India Today.