Days after Rajkummar Rao took to Twitter to warn fans about a "team of con artists", including impersonators, using his name to attempt to dupe directors and producers, frequent collaborator Hansal Mehta too apprised his followers of a similar set-up.

"I am baffled with what is happening," Mehta tells mid-day after sharing on Twitter that imposters were trying to deceive people under the pretext of working for a venture involving him and Rao. The concerned project, Mehta confirms, does not exist. "I have received calls from six people enquiring about the project, which doesn't exist. A few days ago, someone from Dubai contacted me [to discuss it] too. That's when I decided to speak up so that no one gets duped."