February 03, 2021
He had saved his name as Vikram and even
Anurag Kashyap: In 2012, an impostor posing as the casting director of Bombay
Velvet sent messages to girls from small towns requesting their portfolios. They
must ensure that the credentials are verified before meeting the person. We now
make sure that we have official film pages and Twitter handles, so that people
can get in touch with us without falling prey to impostors. I don’t know what
else to do when all my details are available on the net. I later had to call
higher-ups and they then took the complaint. He somehow knew that I was not in
the city. Kangana has alleged that Hrithik sent her multiple emails to which she
responded, only to be told that they were directed to an impostor posing as the
star. Ranveer Singh and Siddharth Roy Kapur: In 2013, a person posing as Ranveer
Singh demanded Bikini clad pictures on Facebook from aspiring actors assuring
them that if he liked the pictures he would set up a meeting with UTV honcho
Siddharth Roy Kapur.Hrithik Roshan and Kangana Ranaut’s very public spat hinges
partly on a crucial point of contention — emails. Virtual impostors and frauds
are not new to Bollywood stars and starlets.
He had saved his name as Vikram and
even True Caller showed the same. My PR department brought it to my notice and
immediately issued a clarification in the media and complained to the cops.
Earlier it wasn’t possible to fool around. Just punch a few keys, copy paste a
photograph off the net and there you are ready to create chaos. Vikram Bhatt,
filmmaker: I was in Romania and some random person used my picture and name to
call people and ask them for contact details of models and fashion designers.
Fortunately for me, his English was pathetic and he got caught. Says a source
from the industry, "Unlike other industries, Bollywood has no formal structure,
making it easy for impostors to lure vulnerable wannabe actors and artistes into
the trade under false pretexts. My Facebook profile was hacked once and all the
ladies in the account were receiving messages. The matter came to light when the
original casting director of the film Mukesh Chaabra was intimated by some of
his industry friends. Few years ago someone created a fake Facebook and a
Twitter account by my name and sent out random requests to people, asking to
audition for films.
It also shows the erosion of responsibility and how people
are now enjoying playing with the hopes of aspirants. Kangana further went on to
say that Hrithik has hacked into her account to delete a few emails, to avoid
over- complicating his divorce proceedings with ex-wife Sussanne Khan. Earlier
this month, filmmaker Vikram Bhatt fell prey to an impostor’s antics who used
Bhatt’s name to fish out contacts of influential people on whatsapp. I got in
touch with the cops, but they refused to do anything.. I have had people create
fake Facebook profiles, e-mail accounts on my name and invite people for
auditions of films that I didn’t even direct. Filmmakers in particular are
common prey to such mischief. When the cat is away the mice will play! Milan
luthria, filmmaker: The access to such pranks has become very easy in the
digital age. Aspirants will explore every avenue that curtain
velvet is available and it could be dangerous. Ever since the details of the
fight started spilling over in the public domain, a bunch of things have come to
light — one of them being the curious case of hacked emails accounts. Anurag
Kahyap later wrote a post clarifying that it was a hoax and he never called for
auditions
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