According to sources, the film Aankhen 2 has landed in deep trouble. Reportedly, producer of the film, Gaurang Doshi has been slapped with a Contempt of Court order. Not only this, director Aneez Bazmee and Big B and Anil Kapoor have also received legal notices. Rajeev Rajtaru, owner of Rajtaru studios stated that his bought the remake rights of Aankhen in 2013 from Doshi (who’d produced 2002 original). He also revealed that Vipul Shah was to return as the director but that didn’t happen as he got busy with other projects. Hence, they decided to put the project on hold for a year. Rajeev also said that the script for the sequel was finalized in 2015. But then they learnt that Doshi had started casting for his own version of Aankhen.
On the other hand, Doshi’s lawyer, Chirag Mody informed the court during the first hearing, that was held on August 9 that his client had nothing to do with Aankhen 2. The case was adjourned until August 19 since Doshi maintained that he wasn’t making any film. But Rajtaru argued that on August 17, Doshi launched Aankhen 2 with the entire cast in attendance. Doshi had lied in court under oath and directly disobeyed the court’s orders. Reportedly, the court made it clear on August 19 hearing that no promotions, online or offline, or no work related to the film were to be shared with the media and the industry. Rajtaru quoted that on August 23, Doshi released new posters on social media and did interview calls with the media. He also disclosed that Doshi also printed full-page ads in two trade magazines.
