Mumbai:  The serial killer sues the actor-producer and his home production, Charles and I
No-one involved with the Sanjay Dutt project Charles & I is talking about Sobhraj any more.
It looks like Faroukh Dhondy's novel The Bikini Murders is not the only supposedly biographical story Charles Sobhraj has chosen as his legal target.
Former Ram Gopal Varma associate Prawaal Raman who has been planning a film based on the life and crimes of Sobhraj with Sanjay Dutt in the lead has had to do a quick rethink after receiving a legal notice from Sobhraj's lawyers.
Sayin' it ain't so
Confirming the developments the Prawaal Raman says, "Yes, Charles Sobhraj has sued us. In fact, Sanjay (Dutt) and I were dismayed by reports linking my film about an international criminal to Sobhraj.
Let me clarify that my film titled Charles & I is not based on the life of Sobhraj."
So why the title Charles & I? "That's because my protagonist is named Charles and his story is told from the perspective of a retired cop who pursued the criminal all across the world."
That Herman Knippen-berg, the diplomat who investigated Sobhraj's case is also an inspiration for the cop's character is, of course, just a happy coincidence.
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