Kyunki's Lakshya drags Balaji, Ekta to co

Kyunki's Lakshya drags Balaji, Ekta to court

Varsha Pillai / CNN-IBN

Mumbai: The Queen of Indian soap operas, Ekta Kapoor, has been dragged to the court by an actor from her own camp.

Actor Pulkit Samrat, who played Lakshya in Balaji's longest running soap Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi has filed a petition in the Bombay High Court against Balaji Telefilms Limited for non-payment of dues and also for a binding contract that restricted him from working with any other production house for three years.

"I wanted to break the myth of the so-called Balaji contract that we wouldn't get work anywhere else. If you're talented, you will get work anywhere," Pulkit Samrat.

In an industry where production houses dictate the rules and where actors are often exploited for want of rights or regulations, this could be a welcome move. In fact a Mumbai tabloid jumped the gun to report that the Bombay High Court had ruled in favour of the actor and warned Balaji for its arm-twisting tactics.

However according to latest reports, Balaji Telefilms too is all set to take the actor to court for his defamatory statements against the company and Ekta Kapoor and is also set to sue the newspaper, Mumbai Mirror, for the misleading report which suggested that Pulkit Samrat has won the court case.

I don't really understand what's going on.............All the reports are so confusing. 😕 😕 😕

whch actor is complaining beside pulkit?i haven't heard any thing like that.

Originally posted by: neelum khan

whch actor is complaining beside pulkit?i haven't heard any thing like that.

umm.....i don't think soo......he's not the only one....but everyone is scared to talk over ekta......but my jannu is not......soooo😳

Pari

This is true that acc. 2 Ekta's contract, actors r not allowed to work with other production houses. This is wrong. They don't give any scenes to the actors, if they sign up another show, then Ekta says they break the contract. Moreover, actors don't get paid. I don't understand. I would never ever work with Ekta production house. 😡

hey, i would actually work for ekta, i know she is cheap and doesn't pay right to her actors but if you stay on her good side then you would one be of her fav's, i rather jus kiss her a*s so that way i am on the good side of the woman who is suposedly the most popular producer in tellywood. I must say that Pulkit has some guts to stand up towards Ekta!!! Wow now he is truly my hero. Still though Ekta i heard is one cheap producer who doesn't pay enough. She only pays her fav's more, which is unfair. But if i loved acting then i wouldn't complain as long i was doing what i loved doing best as my career in acting. 😳