Looks like there is an imposter around who is posing as Pooja Bhatt's casting director. According to freelance show anchor Deborah Gray, a man who identified himself as Rohit Kumar, claimed he was calling from the filmmaker's office and asked her to send photographs of herself for Pooja's next that included a 'bold' role.
After realising something was amiss, Gray got in touch with Mahesh Bhatt, who asked her to lodge an official complaint against Rohit with the police.
Says Deborah, `Rohit provided me with a number claiming it was Pooja's. But the number had a man's photograph as the profile picture. After realising he was fake, I immediately contacted Pooja and Mahesh. I registered a complaint with Thane's Kapurbawdi police station.`
Confirming having spoken to Gray, Mahesh Bhatt says, `We need to deal with such matters very aggressively. People can be taken for a ride. We don't know any Rohit Kumar. Recently, someone posing as me asked a woman to send across her photographs wearing a bikini.`
Currently shooting in Udaipur, Pooja says, `I am rather mortified that people could be so devious and take advantage of unsuspecting actors, who think they have access to me through some self-proclaimed casting director. I have never hired a casting director in my life and never will.`
The person, claiming to be Rohit Kumar, sent us an SMS insisting he was working with Pooja. His SMS read, `I am the one who is casting for Pooja's film. I know about my employers more than you do.`
