Did singer Mohit Chauhan's no-show cost US organisers $500,000?

Singer Mohit Chauhan could find himself in some really hot water with an event management company in the US planning legal action against him for reneging on a contract mdash not once but three times mdash to perform live there Officials from ProMarcom Inc are now demanding half a million US dollars Rs 318 crore in compensation from the singer and are planning legal proceedings both in India and the USAlso Read When singer Mohit Chauhan wanted to be an actorMohit ChauhanWhen we contacted Chauhan his management refuted the allegations saying it was not the singer but the US company that was to blame In their statement sent to us byemail they said These allegations are baseless and with mala fide intentions The company breached their contract with us three times Despite nonperformance of their contractual obligations we tried to accommodate them every time yet they were unable to fulfill the terms of contract We have suffered immensely both financially and professionally because we were unable to take up other concerts and other professional engagements due to these peopleRead Story Mohit Chauhan I miss being in a bandPadma Tanniru an official from ProMarcom Inc had a different tale to tell She said The concert was initially scheduled to be held in June 2015 but because Mohit did not have a band of his own which he did not tell us about while signing the contract we were forced to postpone it to September In September we were told that one band member had contracted dengue while another ones papers were not in order The concert was once again postponed to November On November 21 2015 just before they were to board the flight to the US we got an email from Mohits wife Prarthna who is also his manager saying that she wanted the daily allowance amount to be hiked and asked for the contract copy right thenTanniru added This was a ridiculous request But we said all this would be done the moment they landed in the US Yet she was not willing to listen and once again we had to cancel the concert She said the company had already paid Chauhan his performance fee of Rs 48 lakh Ever since we have been trying to get Mohit to give us our money back but in vainAsked why the company waited nine months before planning legal proceedings Padma said that was because they were hoping to sort the matter out with Chauhan They had made repeated calls and sent innumerable messages to him Two months ago they finally sent a notice to Chauhan but still got no response The company is now in the process of filing a legal case in India as well as with the immigration courts in California against Chauhan for absconding with their moneyTanniru said apart from Chauhans performance fee they had spent money on booking rebooking and cancellations of two venues San Jose and Seattle marketing the concerts processing visas for his 14member crew travel tickets and hotel booking among several other expenses We are disturbed by Mohits unprofessional attitude He has not bothered to respond to calls messages emails or notices sent by us We took a huge chance by investing in his concert Yet he didnt turn up despite receiving his performance fee in advance We also spent a large amount of money to set up the concerts at San Jose and Seattle Tanniru said