Lawsuit against Ovi: fake or real?

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sashashyam

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Posted: 13 years ago

There has been quite a bit of discussion in the forum about the lawsuit that a Canadian firm, with which she has signed a contract, is said to have lodged against Ovi, apparently on the grounds that she was now planning to get married to Arjun. Opinions have been voiced that there is something shady about Ovi's talking of this lawsuit, and that there is no reason for her to be sued for getting married, as a marriage logically and naturally follows from an engagement. Arjun has been criticised for not having spotted the loopholes in Ovi's story despite being a sharp businessman, the obvious inference being that she has fabricated this story to keep him involved with her.

I have been giving this matter some thought, taking care to base my analysis, as far as possible, more on facts, and less on my personal interpretations. You might be interested in seeing my take on the matter. I am no fan of Ovi's, as many of you would have seen from my posts, but in this particular matter, I feel that there is no reason to suspect her of fabricating the lawsuit story. Here goes, then.

Ovi is a prominent model, and so the contract she mentions would be with a modelling agency or a firm that organises and does the promotion for fashion shows.

The thing about contracts with such show business firms is that they are very tight, both as regards time and the model/actress' appearance. They often forbid the model/actress from getting married during the duration of the contract, as a marriage would mean a lot of time out for the wedding, the honeymoon etc., plus the chance of a baby being unexpectedly on the way, which would wreck things for the firm.

So, if Ovi had got them to agree to a brief engagement but NOT marriage during the 1 or 2 year contract period, and she still decides to get married, they can sue her for a hefty amount for breach of contract. In any case the contract is always tilted in favour of the firm, and they have a battery of lawyers on retainer to take care of such things. Like blackmailers, such firms sometimes like to make an example of an erring model, so that it will be a warning to others not to try similar tricks.

Now, when Ovi came to India to 'surprise' Arjun, she was not planning to stay for more that a few days, as she tells her aaji Savita. Then comes the engagement, and she would have informed the firm of this thru Romil, asking for more time off. If this had already meant problems for their planned shoots, they might have smelt a rat and started grilling Romil. Caught between a rock and a hard place, Romil might well have inadvertently blurted out something about the marriage being planned in 3-4 months, and her wanting to stay in India till then, probably in a private conversation with someone from the firm.

As we know, he disapproves deeply of Ovi letting go of these golden opportunities to spend time with Arjun, and he might have voiced his grouse to this person who then promptly leaked it to the firm . Of course he will now never accept that he committed such a blunder, so Ovi thinks they learnt it 'somehow".

So it could very well be a real lawsuit for real or potential breach of contract. It is NOT a question of logic demanding that if she gets engaged, she will also get married in due course. The only thing that matters for the firm is that she should NOT get married during the duration of the contract. The lawsuit would be meant to ensure that there is no marriage, and failing that, to collect substantial damages for breach of contract.

Moreover, it is difficult to understand why Ovi would want to cook up a bogus lawsuit. She has no need, in her own mind, to think of any ways to keep Arjun involved with her. She seems confident that he is hers, as they have now got engaged and are set to get married in a few months. So for her, God is in her Heaven and all is right with the world.

Actually Arjun, being a sharp businessman, probably understands straight away how serious such a lawsuit could be. What if they wanted 10 million dollars in damages? Where would Ovi get that kind of money from? Plus the legal fees and all the attendant hassles. It is no joke for a young woman to be sued for breach of contract by a corporation with deep pockets.

The only easy way out for Ovi would be to postpone the marriage till the contract period, whatever it is, is over.

Shyamala B.Cowsik

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simran1285

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Posted: 13 years ago

Your point is correct! The firm can sue her for a breach of contract however the breach would come once Ovi gets married and she is NOT married yet. Therefore, the company is suing her on "assumption" which is bogus as no court will take that case. What r they suing her on? That she is "going" to get married? She is not married yet therefore there is no breach. Sure they can threaten to sue, but since she is not married she has not breached a contract. If she decides not to marry then what? She will counter sue obviously.

A breach of contract has not happened yet and the company is aware that she is in India for engagement so what r the basis of the lawsuit? Assumption will not work!

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abhimg

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Posted: 13 years ago

Hi Shyamala, points well presented and I agree that as of yet Ovi has no reason to fabricate since in her knowledge Arjun is hers and she is going to be married to him. I hope this contract suit issue helps ARVI somehow in that Ovi cannot get married etc...but waiting for Ovi to find out so that she can return to her career and wouldn't it be better if at least Arjun told her now so that she knows she has no future with Arjun and can make the excuse also of the contract issue and not be sued then, and hence break the engagement? But, alas, she is the sticky fevicol types, I dont think she will let go of AK all so easily...

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Axiom

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Posted: 13 years ago

Shyamala - We are on the same wavelength today in thinking about this lawsuit!

Ovi never had plans for marriage when she came to India only to surprise Arjun. Furthermore, did she come with the intention of the engagement or did that option come up when she was speaking with Manav and DK after her arrival? I'll have to go back and take a look.

That being said, I agree with your deduction that the only person who really had a problem with this is Romil. He has a case of the sour grapes. He was upset that she let a big opportunity go to meet up with Arjun.

I vote for fake lawsuit though.

We haven't seen the true extent of Romil's feelings for Ovi but the snippets we have seen indicate that she might mean more to him than he let's on. We also know that he is aware that Arjun doesn't really reciprocate Ovi's feelings so maybe he is trying to protect her.

Since Romil is handling the details as well, I also thought that the lawsuit was made up just to get Ovi back to Canada and away from Arjun. It would have been miraculously solved and he would be pinned a hero for making her troubles disappear.

Question: When an engagement takes place, does the wedding follow so quickly? After the engagement party, the only ones I saw talking about wedding preparations were Manav and Achu (and now Sachin with the invitations) - so did I miss the conversation where Ovi knows about the wedding plans in or after three months? Or is it assumed that she knows to move ahead with the story.

I could be completely off the mark with this train of though but the CVs do so like twists in these shows don't they? Now every idea I have always comes with the angel on the one side and the devil on the other. 😆

Lauire

Edited by Axiom123 - 13 years ago

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sashashyam

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Posted: 13 years ago

I think it is a purely preventive measure, aimed at frightening her into not going ahead with her marriage. Once they have concrete evidence that she is going ahead with the marriage, they can try to get a court injunction that she should not commit breach of contract.

At this point of time, they might not have gone to court as yet, but sent her a notice thru Romil, threatening a lawsuit if she moves to get married in violation of the contract. Ovi is too featherheaded to make the fine distinction between a lawyer's notice threatening a lawsuit under certain circumstances and an actual lawsuit already in the court.

Shyamala B.Cowsik

Originally posted by: simran1285
Your point is correct! The firm can sue her for a breach of contract however the breach would come once Ovi gets married and she is NOT married yet. Therefore, the company is suing her on "assumption" which is bogus as no court will take that case. What r they suing her on? That she is "going" to get married? She is not married yet therefore there is no breach. Sure they can threaten to sue, but since she is not married she has not breached a contract. If she decides not to marry then what? She will counter sue obviously.

A breach of contract has not happened yet and the company is aware that she is in India for engagement so what r the basis of the lawsuit? Assumption will not work!

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sashashyam

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Posted: 13 years ago

Dear Laurie,

The Romil as the deus ex machina theory is indeed tempting.

However, Romil could hardly expect that Ovi's family (he would not know that she will not apply to Manav for support) would swallow such a fake story without documentary evidence. It would be difficult for Romil to fabricate this on the letterhead of the firm in question, with fake signatures and all. It would be far to risky, and if it all came out, as it must once Ovi/her family contact the firm directly. Romil would be in DEEP trouble.

The positive that one can derive from this lawsuit is that the marriage might be substantially postponed.

To answer your questions, the engagement idea emerges at the meeting between Ovi, DK and Manav in DK's hotel room the day after her arrival in India. As for the 3-4 months to go before the wedding, someone - Manav or Sachin, must have told her that.

Shyamala

Originally posted by: Axiom123
Shyamala - We are on the same wavelength today in thinking about this lawsuit!

Ovi never had plans for marriage when she came to India only to surprise Arjun. Furthermore, did she come with the intention of the engagement or did that option come up when she was speaking with Manav and DK after her arrival? I'll have to go back and take a look.

That being said, I agree with your deduction that the only person who really had a problem with this is Romil. He has a case of the sour grapes. He was upset that she let a big opportunity go to meet up with Arjun.

I vote for fake lawsuit though.

We haven't seen the true extent of Romil's feelings for Ovi but the snippets we have seen indicate that she might mean more to him than he let's on. We also know that he is aware that Arjun doesn't really reciprocate Ovi's feelings so maybe he is trying to protect her.

Since Romil is handling the details as well, I also thought that the lawsuit was made up just to get Ovi back to Canada and away from Arjun. It would have been miraculously solved and he would be pinned a hero for making her troubles disappear.

Question: When an engagement takes place, does the wedding follow so quickly? After the engagement party, the only ones I saw talking about wedding preparations were Manav and Achu (and now Sachin with the invitations) - so did I miss the conversation where Ovi knows about the wedding plans in or after three months? Or is it assumed that she knows to move ahead with the story.

I could be completely off the mark with this train of though but the CVs do so like twists in these shows don't they? Now every idea I have always comes with the angel on the one side and the devil on the other. 😆

Lauire

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sashashyam

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Posted: 13 years ago

Dear Abhi,

You have got it in one. Fevicol it is.

Shyamala

Originally posted by: abhimg
Hi Shyamala, points well presented and I agree that as of yet Ovi has no reason to fabricate since in her knowledge Arjun is hers and she is going to be married to him. I hope this contract suit issue helps ARVI somehow in that Ovi cannot get married etc...but waiting for Ovi to find out so that she can return to her career and wouldn't it be better if at least Arjun told her now so that she knows she has no future with Arjun and can make the excuse also of the contract issue and not be sued then, and hence break the engagement? But, alas, she is the sticky fevicol types, I dont think she will let go of AK all so easily...

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soapwatcher1

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Posted: 13 years ago

Dear Shyamala,
I am doing a copy paste of my response from the other post in regards to the same topic 😃

"Dear Shyamala, Ovi should diffuse the tension and head back to Canada as there is still sometime till the wedding.

By bogus lawsuit, I didn't mean fake lawsuit or that Ovi made it up. I meant it is a lawsuit with no real merit to it. If she is being sued for extending her leave that is one thing as they cannot be suing her for her intention to get married (= engagement) as they have already been apprised of that. She cannot yet be sued for getting married as it hasn't happened, so if she is being sued for staying longer in India, she should be catching that plane to Canada making us all happy!"

Sorry if I wasn't clear enough in my original post that might have led you to misunderstand what I meant 😊 Not doubting Ovi's credibility just the merit if any to the lawsuit.

Edited by soapwatcher1 - 13 years ago

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bee5

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Posted: 13 years ago

At this point it doesn't look like Ovi is faking abt the lawsuit, unless CVs come here and change their original plan and want to go this route.

But Laurie's other point about Romil faking it could be a plausible case. More convincing. And this too, I am wondering if CVs already have in mind? If not, can take it from here :-)

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sashashyam

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Posted: 13 years ago

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Dear bee5,

As you might like to see from my response above to Laurie, that would be too risky for Romil, as the slightest investigation by Ovi, Arjun, or Manav would torpedo it and ruin Romil's career. He could even be jailed for fraud if Ovi filed charges against him.Why would he take such chances just to get Ovi back to Canada?

Shyamala

Originally posted by: bee5
At this point it doesn't look like Ovi is faking abt the lawsuit, unless CVs come here and change their original plan and want to go this route.

But Laurie's other point about Romil faking it could be a plausible case. More convincing. And this too, I am wondering if CVs already have in mind? If not, can take it from here :-)

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