Shilpa Shinde’s ongoing battle against Cine & TV Artistes Association (Cintaa) and producer Binaifer Kohli is getting murkier with each passing day. Shilpa has now approached Maharashtra Navnirman Chitrapat Karmachari Sena, the cine wing of Raj Thackeray’s party MNS, to intervene in the matter. The actress had a detailed meeting with the MNS members on Thursday.
Commenting on the development, Shilpa says, “First they got me banned and now even replaced me. Technically, I should be free to work anywhere but I am not allowed to. They are insisting that I pay the damages and only then can I get back to work. I still haven’t even got my remuneration from the production house. They owe me around '30 lakh. How can they force me to pay damages? They have left me with no option but to seek political intervention.” She adds, “They (the party) were aware about the issue and have given me an assurance that they will not let Cintaa and Benaifer Kohli harass me like this. They also feel whatever is going on is very unfair. They will make sure I get justice.” The actress insists that the political wing is already sorting out matters for her. She claims, “We got calls from Cintaa to settle the matter amicably.”
When we contacted actor Shushant Singh, the general secretary for Cintaa, he labelled Shilpa’s comments as baseless and accused her of lying. He says, “We haven’t called her for a settlement. There is no possibility of a settlement unless she responds to our notice. She can approach any one she likes; if she thinks that by putting political pressure, we will revoke the non-cooperation directive issued against her, she is mistaken. She knows that she doesn’t have a solid standing legally, and hence is resorting to this. If need be, we will ask for police protection. We have already initiated the process. Let it be loud and clear that Cintaa will not buckle under any pressure.”
