Bollywood producer Prerna Arora, known for movies like Padman, Toilet-Ek Prem Katha and Pari was bailed out after she was arrested in a fraud case worth Rs 3.16 crore earlier this year.
According to Mumbai police, she had allegedly borrowed money from producer Vashu Bhagnani for Padman and Kedarnath but failed to return it later.
The producer recently held a press conference on September 27 to defend herself. She said, “I don’t have anything to hide and now that I am out I will be able to prove my innocence. I have every possible proof and I am willing to share those with the media.”
She also said that she is taking full responsibility for her decisions. “It was a series of bad decisions that led to this terrible incident and I am taking full ownership of my decisions. I would also like to apologize to each and every person if I have ever hurt them unintentionally,” she added.
The producer also mentioned that she is in talks with many producers and actors and will be back with the project soon.
The police had said that she had taken money from Vashu Bhagnani’s frim Pooja Entertainment for exclusive rights on the film. The official said that Arora had, similarly, taken money from multiple investors promising each of them exclusive rights to the same film.
The Mumbai police official said, the investors were not told about the other leading to breach in contract. Earlier, Bhagnani had claimed he was given parallel rights for films Fanney Khan and Batti Gul Meter Chalu by Arora’s company KriArj Entertainment.
Prerna Arora was also involved in a court battle with actor-producer John Abraham for the film Parmanu, and other films like Kedarnath, Batti Gul Meter Chalu and Fanney Khan.
