Sued! Bollywood celebs who took their peers to court

In February last year actress Sunny Leone had lodged a complaint with the Cyber Crime Investigation Cell of Mumbai Police against Kamaal R Khan for falsely attributing controversial comments on rape to her on his microblogging page The actor had posted ldquoYeh lohellipSunny Leone says lsquoRape is not a crime itrsquos just surprise sexrsquo sicWith Kamaal R Khan recently tweeting that he was willing to pay Rs 1 crore to see Sunny Leone perform at Digvijaya Singhrsquos wedding the actress is again seeking police help against KhanOn May 1 Kamaal R Khan wrote on a social networking site ldquoI request to Digvijay Singh Ji to have a strip show of Sunny Leone in the function of his marriage and I will pay Rs 1crore to the Congress party fund sicrdquo In response to this tweet Sunny Leonersquos lawyer now will be filing a fresh complaint against himKamaal R KhanAdvocate Rizwan Siddiquee who is representing Sunny Leone says ldquoIt is indeed shocking to note that despite filing an FIR against Kamaal R Khan more than a year ago under Sections 500 504 509 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 and Section 66A of Information Technology Act the police seems to have taken no serious cognizance of the complaint as a result of which Kamaal R Khan has apparently once again sought to harass my client without any fearThis has now become a very serious issue and shows the functioning of the police in a poor light I am therefore constrained to issue a final notice to the police to take immediate cognizance of these offencesIf the police fail to perform its duties then I shall be constrained to file appropriate proceedings against the department besides starting proceedings against Kamaal R KhanrdquoBollywood celebrities taking potshots at each other is one thing but filing cases or complaints against onersquos peers is another matter hitlist takes a look at instances where film personalities were under legal attack from their colleaguesKangana Ranaut and Aditya PanscholiKanganarsquos affair with Aditya Panscholi came out in the open when the former filed a police complaint against him for physical abuse The actress was dating the actorturnedfilmmaker despite knowing that he was married to yesteryear actress Zarina WahabKangna RanautApparently it all started when Ranaut found support in actor Aditya Panscholi and his wife Zarina Wahab who she then considered to be her lsquofamily away from homersquo At first Ranaut declined to speak about it openly despite making several public appearances with himIn 2007 it was reported that Ranaut had filed a police complaint against Pancholi for physically assaulting her under the influence of alcohol The following year Pancholi confirmed the affair in an interview saying that he had cohabiting with Ranaut in the pastHe also accused her of owing him money to the tune of Rs 25 million In response to these allegations Ranautrsquos spokesperson had said ldquoAfter physically assaulting her in the middle of a road he has no right to expect anything from her Besides she has already given him Rs 5 millionrdquoAbbas Tyrewala and Preity ZintaOn September 12 last year the local metropolitan magistratersquos court at Andheri issued a nonbailable arrest warrant against Bollywood actress Preity Zinta in connection with a cheque bouncing caseThe complaint was filed by Abbas Tyrewala dialogue writer of the 2013 movie Ishkq in Paris Tyrewala went to court claiming that a cheque of R189 lakh had bounced In her defence Preity said that she had made the payment due to himAt its last hearing the court imposed a fine of R5000 on Preity Zinta for nonappearance and a nonbailable arrest warrant was also issued since she did not turn up in court for the hearing In a setback to the actress the Bombay High Court refused to quash proceedings against her asking her to face trialSofia Hayat and Armaan KohliActor Armaan Kohli was arrested in December last year for allegedly assaulting BritishPakistani actress Sofia Hayat during their stay at a Lonavala bungalow for the shoot of reality show Bigg Boss Kohli was then picked up from the Bigg Boss house by Lonavala city policeIt seems that Hayat who was evicted from Bigg Boss 7 filed an FIR against Kohli at the Santacruz police station She alleged that she was manhandled and subjected to unparliamentary language by him inside the Bigg Boss houseTusshar Kapoor and Samir KarnikTusshar has filed a police complaint against director Samir Karnik for misappropriation of funds amounting to nearly R17 crore Tusshar had taken legal action against director Samir Karnik apparently due to nonpayment of R175 crore for his promotional work for the film Char Din Ki Chandni 2012 Furthermore it is said that a cheque given to the actor that was part payment for the film had also bouncedPulkit Samrat and Ekta KapoorPulkit Samrat who was popular for his role as Lakshya in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi was once a favourite with Balaji Telefilms But later the actor filed a case against the production house over nonpayment of dues and for not allowing him to take up projects from other production housesNatalie Portman and Saif Ali KhanIn July 2012 Natalie Portman sued actorproducer Saif Ali Khan after he announced that they would collaborate on a Hindi film Khan later clarified that he was joking and had started the rumour in response to constant media reports on his personal lifeThe actor had clarified saying ldquoIt was a joke I am sorry Itrsquos just that I am very annoyed with speculation on all aspects of my life If this goes on I might just start making up stories like these to entertain myself Hope people will understand thatrdquo