MUMBAI: Dharma Productions faces a $150, 000 lawsuit in the US for not paying local workers and actors hired for the shooting of a Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor starrer in Philadelphia. According to the Philadelphia Daily News website, the Karan Johar-owned production house that tied up with Australia-based Swish Films for the movie shot for a few scenes in Philadelphia last autumn and then left owing money to hundreds of local actors and vendors.
Now, both the companies Dharma Productions and Swish Films have been sued according to documents filed in Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia.
The lawsuit seeks in excess of $150,000 to be paid to in unpaid services and expenses for 25 of the vendors.
Those named in the lawsuit include Fishtown bar‘s Johnny Brenda who supposedly owes $972, Mike Lemon Casting $7,971 and Kitchen Sink Fabrications $1,060.
A restraining order has also been placed on both the production houses which forbids them from leaving the USA with any footage that may have already been shot.
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