Ronit Roy says working with Vashu Bhagnani on ‘Bade Miyan…’ was ‘painful’

After film director Ali Abbas Zafar and the crew members of Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, actor Ronit Roy has opened up about the payment issues with the film’s producer, Vashu Bhagnani. Ronit claims he got his dues cleared only after Ali’s close associate intervened. The film, headlined by Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff, tanked at the box office.
“The money was supposed to come from Vashu Bhagnani, and it came from Vashu Bhagnani, but that happened only after Himanshu Mehra (who works with Ali Abbas Zafar) intervened,” Ronit said during an interview with Zoom.
He added, “And when it came to the dues of my staff and my security company that guarded the sets in Mumbai, it was all very much delayed, and we got that also due to Himanshu.”
Ronit shared that his staff was paid their dues from the Dubai subsidy at the “insistence” of Himanshu. The actor said that now he, along with Ali Abbas Zafar, is trying to pay the dues of the film’s team “in minimum time.” He also described his experience of working on the film as “painful” and said he would not like to work with the Bhagnanis in the future.
Ronit Roy also rubbished the allegations of Ali Abbas Zafar hijacking the film, stating, “Vashu was on the set every day. He is a veteran. It is difficult to believe how he did not realise that on the set.”
After Ali Abbas Zafar complained to the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) about the non-payment of his dues, producers Vashu Bhagnani and Jackky Bhagnani released a copy of a police complaint they filed against him weeks ago for ‘siphoning of funds’ during the shoot of Bade Miyan Chote Miyan.
Earlier, the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) released an official statement confirming that Ali, along with other directors who made films for Pooja Entertainment, had claimed non-payment of their dues.