ED questions actor Vijay Deverakonda in connection with the money trail to his film ‘Liger’

ED is probing the source of funding of all the actors in the film which stars Vijay Devarakonda as a boxer in the lead role with Ananya Panday as the female lead

PGurus Newsdesk

November 30, 2022

ED is probing the source of funding of all the actors in the film which stars Vijay Devarakonda as a boxer in the lead role with Ananya Panday as the female lead

Probe into the funding of ‘Liger’; actor Vijay Devarakonda questioned by ED

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioned actor Vijay Deverakonda in connection with the funding of his Bollywood movie ‘Liger‘. The questioning was reportedly done in an alleged Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) violation

The ED took up the investigation after Congress leader Bakka Judson lodged a complaint about the investment into the movie through dubious routes. Bakka Judson had complained that even politicians had invested money in the movie. He claimed that the investors found it the easiest way of turning their black money into white.

The investigating agency suspects that several companies had transferred funds to the accounts of the filmmakers. They were asked to provide details of those who had remitted the money and how the payments were made to foreign actors including Mike Tyson and the technical crew.

The movie, which starred Ananya Pandey and American boxing legend Mike Tyson, was reportedly made with a budget of around Rs.100 crore. However, it did not do well at the box office. It was Deverakonda’s debut Bollywood project.

Backed by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions, Vijay made his Bollywood debut with the action film ‘Liger’ alongside Ananya Panday which failed to impress the audience at the box office.

Earlier this month the ED had grilled Liger’s director Puri Jagannadh and producer Charmme Kaur about the allegations that crores of rupees were invested into the making of the movie from foreign countries allegedly in violation of FEMA.

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