A cheating case has been registered against filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma by Hyderabad police for allegedly cheating a proprietor of production house after “borrowing” Rs 56 lakh from him.
Based on a court referred complaint from the proprietor, a case was booked against Varma under relevant IPC sections at Miyapur police station, police said.
According to the complainant, Varma borrowed the amount from him for producing a Telugu movie ‘Disha’ in 2020 but later cheated him. He alleged that in the first week of January 2020, Varma took Rs 8 lakh from him for his film production.
Later, Varma again borrowed Rs 20 lakh which was given as loan through cheque on January 22, 2020. He had promised to repay the amount within six months. By the second week of February 2020, Varma cited financial exigencies in his film and borrowed another Rs 28 lakh.
The complainant said that, he came to know that Varma was not the producer of the film ‘Disha’.
