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Sunil Pal is a trouble maker and a publicity seeker: Anees Bazmi reacts to the comedian's nasty video on him

Anees Bazmee woke up on Tuesday to a nasty video from comedian Sunil Pal, who claimed that the director had duped him and refused to live up to the promise of giving him a role.

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Anees Bazmee woke up on Tuesday to a nasty video from comedian Sunil Pal, who claimed that the director had duped him and refused to live up to the promise of giving him a role.

Anees was reluctant to react. “This is exactly what this man wants me to do. Normally I wouldn’t respond. I’ve been bombarded with calls and messages asking me to react to Sunil Pal’s nasty allegations. I will just clarify to  you what happened. Sunil is among the numerous hopefuls who come to my office every day for work. And yes, he’s right I did tell him I’ll find him something in one of my films. He seemed desperate and I felt sorry for him. However, there was no scope for Sunil in Mubarakan. Now, of course, there is no question of working with a  trouble-maker and a publicity seeker.”

About Sunil’s allegation that  he was not paid for a show that he did for Anees, the director fumes, “Mera uss show se koi lene dena nahin  hai. I was asked by one of my associates Mayur Barot if Sunil would perform at a birthday party. I directed Sunil to Mayur’s requirements and my role in the matter ended there. The next thing I knew I started getting calls from Sunil saying he hadn’t been paid. I did call Mayur and ask him about his payment. Mayur told me Sunil got drunk  at the event. Since he didn’t perform at the function why should he be paid? For me the matter ended there. But Sunil continued to harass me with calls about his money, threatening to go legal if I didn’t pay up.”

Anees is hard pressed to understand why he’s expected to pay the comedian. “Giving him the money that he would have rightfully got for his performance is no problem. But I am nowhere in the picture. So why is he using my name and hurling abuses at me? Just because I am known and the people he was supposed to have performed for are not known? And why should they pay when Sunil chose to get drunk rather than do his job?”

 

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