21 November,2025 08:52 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Dibya Khosla Kumar and Mukesh Bhatt
Bollywood filmmaker Mukesh Bhatt recently made headlines after claiming that Divya Khosla Kumar had intentionally engineered the Savi vs Jigra controversy as a publicity stunt. Notably, Savi was headlined by Divya and produced by Mukesh. Now, in a dramatic turn of events, Divya has released a phone call recording confronting the filmmaker, and surprisingly, the producer-filmmaker appears to take a complete U-turn on his earlier statement.
Divya shared the call recording on her Instagram account, and wrote, "I am deeply shocked by this revelation. What I have recently discovered is disturbing and heartbreaking. With a heavy heart, I feel it is important to open this truth to the public, especially for all those artists and fans who have suffered under hierarchy, lobbying, and gatekeeping in our film industry."
She added, "Unfortunately, I am left with no choice but to put out the telephonic conversation between Mr. Mukesh Bhatt and me so people can hear for themselves how certain groups attempt to sabotage careers and push genuine talent out. This behaviour is unacceptable and cannot be normalised. It is time we speak up. It is time we call out the industry mafia. I will raise my voice - and I will fight this out."
The call recording was as follows:
Divya: Sir, but what has come on the internet, have you said anything against me that I have done a fraud, I have done a publicity stunt of Alia's Jigraa controversy.
Mukesh: Na mereko kisi ne pucha, na maine kisi ko bola. This is again created by people who got vested interest.
Divya: And sir, this is on my birthday, sir, this is coming out and I was shocked because people are messaging me.
Mukesh: Beta, now you can understand that this is planned. The fact that it has come on your birthday means somebody who wants to hurt you. First of all, I didn't know it's your birthday today. Aur main aisi ghatiya harkat....you know me by now, beta.
Divya: Sir, exactly, I have so much love and respect to you. I have told you again and again that you have made the shoot experience of Savi so amazing. And I can't even think of it, but NDTV, Bollywood Hangama, Hindustan Times, all these sites have carried this article that Mukesh Bhatt ne bola hai.
Mukesh: This is a backlash from the other camp.
Divya: Ji ji...that means they are so much after me that after a year also they are planning and doing it especially on my birthday.
Mukesh: Dekho na, timing kar ke kiya na. But don't react to this stupid thing, it doesn't matter. What matters is your and my pure relationship, that is more important.
Divya: Yes, yes. Sir, I have a lot of respect for you.
Mukesh: You have a great year ahead of you, beta, and be happy. And don't get dragged into these stupid things.
When Alia Bhatt's Jigra released in theatres, it was embroiled in a controversy as Divya accused the makers of manipulating the film's box office numbers. Additionally, she also accused them of copying her film Savi.
Savi, starring Harshvardhan Rane and Anil Kapoor with Divya Khosla Kumar, is about a housewife, played by Divya, who goes to great lengths to free her husband from prison in England. Meanwhile, in Jigra, Alia plays the role of Satya, a sister who is on a mission to save her younger brother Ankur (Vedang), imprisoned in a foreign jail.
