PeeCee’s former love interest is back in Bollywood

Priyanka Chopra's former love interest Aseem Merchant who had disappeared from Bollywood, is back. He has launched a production house, Limelight Motion Pictures Pvt Ltd, and its first film will chronicle Priyanka's first few years in B'town.

Aseem describes the film as a "biopic of Priyanka's ex-manager Prakash Jaju". Jaju and the actress had a fallout in 2004 which led to Jaju being arrested and imprisoned for 67 days in 2008. According to Jaju, the actress owed him a huge amount of money and refused to clear his dues. The situation worsened when Jaju allegedly started interfering in Priyanka's personal life. This led to her father (late) Dr Ashok Chopra filing an FIR against Jaju, stating that he was not only making false allegations against his daughter but also threatening the family members. Jaju went into hiding and was finally arrested from Mau, Madhya Pradesh.

Aseem knew Priyanka since her modelling days. They were together when she won the Miss World crown in 2000. Two years later, they parted ways. When asked if someone would play him in the film as well, he said, "The film will depict everybody who interacted with Jaju while he was working with Priyanka." Mirror has it that Aseem and Jaju have been in touch with each other for more than a decade.

Won't Priyanka be upset? "My association with Priyanka is long over. I have started a company to make films. My second film may upset someone else," he retorted, adding, "Priyanka is a lovely person and I am proud of her."

Commenting on the film, Jaju said: "I'm fine with Aseem's film. It chronicles Priyanka's life from the day she entered the film industry till I was put in jail. There will be actors who portray Hema Malini, Sridevi and Jackie Shroff too since I handled their work, before turning into a fund manager. It was only because Priyanka's father insisted that I take up her work that I returned to Bollywood."

Aseem insists he would neither sensationalise nor fictionalise the story. "We are in the process of finalising a competent director," he concluded. Priyanka remained unavailable for comment.

Source: Times of India