Police complaint filed against actress Digangana Suryavanshi for Akshay Kumar's alleged involvement in Zeenat Aman's OTT show, Showstopper | Hindi Cinema News

Veteran actress Zeenat Aman, who enjoys huge fame on social media platforms through her posts, is all set to make her OTT debut with a show titled Showstopper. The series recently made headlines when it was reported that it was stalled due to lack of funds, but director Manish Harishankar came out officially to debunk the news and said that the series is in the post- production and had authorized the payment of the main actors. and approximately 90-95% of the production team's payments.

Now the series is embroiled in another controversy. The makers have filed a police complaint against actress Digangana Suryavanshi, alleging cheating and criminal breach of trust under sections 420 and 406 of the IPC. The complaint claims that Suryavanshi falsely claimed to have secured Akshay Kumar and his company as presenters for the project.


In the police complaint, Manish Harishankar mentions that Digangana first requested a memorandum of understanding which would give legitimacy to initiate a conversation with Akshay Kumar to recruit him as the presenter of the show . The deal is said to be in exchange of Rs 6 crore for the actor and Rs 75 lakhs for her.
This apart, this would also include a Mercedes G class for her and Rs 25 lakh to Akshay's secretary Vedant Bali and Rs 1 crore to choreographer Ganesh Acharya.

The complaint also reveals that the actress allegedly told Manish Harishankar that she had a conversation with the superstar and that two members of his office would like to see the show. Post that two people came to his office and he was informed that Akshay would like to watch the show. Akshay was shooting in Ajmer at that time, so he made all arrangements to send Digangana with his editor to Ajmer who had all the episodes on an Ipad. The editor briefly met Akshay Kumar in Ajmer, but Diganaga took the footage from him and went solo to show it to the superstar. She has so far not returned the Ipad and claimed that Akshay had demanded full and final payment of Rs 6 crore in advance, if Manish Harishankar wanted to use her name as a presenter.

When asked to meet Akshay or at least have a conversation with him over phone, the actress reportedly made excuses and didn't arrange the meeting, and that's when Manish decided to file a complaint against her.

Additionally, MH Films has issued a defamation notice against actor Rakesh Bedi and actress
Krishan Parmar, fashion designer of Digangana Suryavanshi. They are accused of making false public statements about the OTT platform's refusal to collaborate, which would have damaged the project's reputation. They also allegedly misled the media by claiming that the project had been abandoned and payments had been withheld.

Lawyer Falguni Brahmbhatt, representing MH Films and director Manish Harishankar, confirmed these developments. She also noted that actress Digangana Suryavanshi allegedly attempted to extort a large sum of money in cash, threatening serious consequences for Harishankar if her demands were not met. This threat was reported to the police, who were asked to take action following the complaint.

We tried to contact Digangana via SMS but have not yet received a response.