Rishi
Kapoor
&
Taapsee
Pannu's
Mulk
Stayed
?
Here's
the
Truth
|
FilmiBeat
A
sessions
court
in
Mumbai
granted
an
interim
stay
on
the
release
of
Rishi
Kapoor
starrer
Mulk.
The
film
is
scheduled
to
be
released
on
August
3.
The
court
was
hearing
an
application
filed
by
one
Vandana
Punwani,
who
is
embroiled
in
a
property
rent
dues
dispute
with
production
and
entertainment
agency
the
Benaras
Media
Works
Limited.
She
has
claimed
that
the
Benaras
Media
Works
Limited
has
links
with
the
movie
and
hence
the
release
of
the
film
should
be
stayed
till
the
dispute
was
resolved.
According
to
the
application,
the
agency,
in
2011,
had
taken
on
rent
Punwani's
bungalow
in
the
city
and
had
wanted
to
convert
it
into
an
office
space.
However,
when
it
did
not
get
the
requisite
permission
from
the
civic
body
to
convert
the
residential
property
into
a
commercial
one,
the
company
refused
to
pay
rent
to
Punwani,
the
application
alleged.
Following
this,
in
2016,
Punwani
approached
the
Dindoshi
sessions
court
seeking
to
recover
rent
which
she
claims
is
around
Rs
50
lakh.
Punwani,
earlier
this
month,
filed
an
application
asking
the
court
to
stay
the
release
of
movie
'Mulk' till
the
dispute
is
resolved.
Additional
sessions
judge
M
H
Shaikh
today
granted
an
interim
stay
on
the
release
of
the
movie
and
posted
the
application
for
further
hearing
on
August
2.
"Punwani
in
her
application
has
made
false
claims
that
the
Benaras
Media
Works
has
links
with
Mulk
director
Anubhav
Sinha.
These
are
not
true.
We
are
yet
to
receive
the
court's
order
staying
the
release.
But
tomorrow
we
will
either
seek
clarification
from
the
same
court
or
approach
the
Bombay
High
Court," Sinha's
lawyer
Vibhav
Krishna
said.
Sinha,
while
reacting
to
the
development,
said
he
has
not
been
served
any
such
order.
"If
someone
has
mischievously
misled
the
court
and
if
the
court
has
really
passed
such
an
order
we
shall
move
a
petition
to
vacate
the
same.
Logistically
all
arrangements
are
in
place
to
release
the
film
on
August
3," Sinha
said.
The
film
stars
Rishi
Kapoor
and
Taapsee
Pannu
in
key
roles
and
centres
around
a
Muslim
family
caught
in
a
terror
plot.