Priyanka Chopra’s former boyfriend, Aseem Merchant and manager in legal soup

Mumbai: After recent reports of the biopic based on Priyanka Chopra’s former manager Prakash Jaju, which was being made by her former boyfriend Aseem Merchant, the actress has sent them legal notice as she believes the film will revolve around her private life, Mumbai Mirror reported.

According to the report the notice states: “Our client is shocked to note that while all the news articles mention the proposed film as your (Jaju’s) biopic, the promotions largely refer to our client and inclusion of aspects of her and her family life rather than references to you.

You are intending to collude with Mr Merchant in violation of our client’s rights, including right to privacy, defaming our client and lowering her reputation, seeking to subject her to hatred and ridicule.

Our client calls upon you to withdraw all the publicity material of the film with immediate effect, desist using or referring to any personal or confidential information about her and/or her family, desist from producing, releasing the proposed film and tender an unconditional apology to her.”

The film is said to be about Priyanka's days as a model and also talks about her legal battle with her ex-manager Prakash Jaju. Prakash had served over two months in jail on allegations of cheating the actress. Apparently, he targeted Priyanka over non-payment of dues and insisted that the actress owed him money.

The report also states that Merchant’s legal team is looking into the matter and Prakash would like Priyanka to have a look at the script before she takes a final call.