A few days back, Sunil Pal revealed that he was duped by
director Anees Bazmee, who asked him to perform his stand-up routine at a
family function and then refused to pay him.
Anees rubbished Sunil’s claims and told a section of
media, “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
troublemaker and a publicity seeker.”
Anees Bazmee With Team Mubarakan
He added, “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? But Sunil continued to harass me with calls
about his money, threatening to go legal if I didn’t pay up.”
“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?” Bazmee
concluded.
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