On June 27, TOI had told you Sharman Joshi is miffed with the makers of 3 Bachelors, a film starring him that had been lying in the cans for the last nine to ten years, for suddenly deciding to release it on July 6, piggybacking the success of the actor's latest release Ferrari Ki Sawaari.
At the time, Sharman had made his displeasure amply clear saying, "This smells of sheer opportunism. While I have nothing against the makers of 3 Bachelors, the fact that they have suddenly woken up now, bothers me. Ferrari Ki Sawaari has created an audience goodwill and to capitalise on its success in this manner is not right.
The audience should not get an impression that this is my recent film." But now, the actor is paying for his outburst, as we've learnt. Producers Pramod Sharma and Manoj Rastogi have filed a petition against Sharman. Rastogi confirmed the development saying, "We sent him a legal notice to which he did not respond.
We then filed a petition in Dindoshi Court. Despite all this, he is maintaining silence. Add to this the fact that he is not even promoting my film." Asked for details, Rastogi blew his fuse: "Is Sharman Joshi a guardian of morality? Is he supposed to take decisions on when I have to release my film and when I have to hold it back?" He went on: "What is wrong with Sharman? We have paid him fully. I could have understood his blabber talk if he hadn't been paid.
This is just not done. He has no right to speak against the producers and the film. At the end of the day, think of it, it's his film as well." Later, he calmed down a bit: "We don't want to torture Sharman. We just want to teach him a lesson. We are too shocked to speak anymore. Initially we thought that we would let his outburst pass but we just couldn't sleep over it. What he has done is simply not justified.
He should at least call up and come over for dinner and sort this out. We are ready to forgive him then." While Sharman refrained from comment, his spokesperson called to say, "Sharman does not want to talk about this at all."
