Bell
Bottom's
casting
director
Vaibhav
Vishant
has
refuted
reports
of
casting
director
Ayush
Tewari
being
involved
with
the
film.
The
latter
was
accused
of
rape
by
an
unnamed
Television
actress
who
stated
that
Ayush
promised
her
marriage
and
raped
her
in
that
pretext.
The
reports
had
also
claimed
that
Ayush
was
working
on
Bell
Bottom,
a
film
which
stars
Akshay
Kumar
in
the
lead
role.
Issuing
a
clarification
on
this,
Vaibhav
said
in
his
statement
to
the
media,
"It
is
distressing
to
see
the
film
and
the
names
of
others
associated
with
the
film
being
tarnished
with
false
and
unverified
allegations.
I
am
the
casting
director
of
Bellbottom.
The
individual
Ayush
Tewari
was
a
freelancer
intern
in
my
company
and
has
nothing
to
do
with
the
film
or
its
casting."
It
continued,
"He
has
not
worked
on
Bell
Bottom
in
any
capacity.
It
is
extremely
upsetting
to
see
that
some
publications
in
order
to
get
a
clickbait
headline
will
go
to
any
lengths
to
put
out
uncorroborated
and
unsubstantiated
information.
This
individual
Ayush
Tewari
has
nothing
to
do
with
Bellbottom.
I
hope
the
police
will
conduct
a
fair
investigation
and
justice
will
be
served."
"However,
I
will
request
media
publications
to
correct
the
facts
and
stop
linking
Bell
Bottom
to
this
case," it
added.
A
complaint
was
filed
against
the
accused
at
Versova
Police
Station
on
November
26.
Senior
Police
inspector
Raghvendra
Thakur
told
PTI,
"We
have
registered
the
FIR
against
the
accused
under
Indian
Penal
Code
Section
376
(rape).
No
arrest
has
been
made.
We
are
conducting
an
investigation
into
the
case."
Talking
about
Bell
Bottom,
the
film
is
directed
by
Ranjit
M
Tewari,
and
is
written
by
Aseem
Arrora
and
Parveez
Sheikh.
It
also
stars
Vaani
Kapoor,
Huma
Qureshi
and
Lara
Dutta.
The
film
is
scheduled
for
release
on
April
2,
2021.