Zeenat Aman's Show Stopper Director Shuts Down Financial Trouble Reports: 'Payments Cleared' | Exclusive

Zeenat Aman is all set to make her onscreen comeback with Show Stopper. Shot across Bhopal, Indore and Mumbai, the web series is based on the taboo subject of bra fittings and how almost 80 percent of women in the world end up wearing the wrong sized bra for the entire duration of their life which leads to serious health concerns. Touted to be a matured love story, it will see Aman and Kiran Kumar along with Zarina Wahab, Shweta Tiwari and Sourabh Raaj Jain in pivotal roles.

Recently, the series produced by MH Films was in news for being embroiled in an alleged financial soup. It was reported that the production of the show came to a halt with the money not being returned to investors. Further writer-director Manish Harishankar has been accused of failing to file taxes that has given rise to suspicions about his financial practices.

When News18 Showsha reached out to Harishankar, he junked off the ‘speculations’ as ‘baseless’. He also slammed reports that the actors haven’t been paid their dues and that the shoot remains incomplete. He tells us exclusively, “I just want to state on record that all the speculations and rumours made about the payments are not true. In fact, we have hundred percent cleared the lead actors’ payments and the production’s payments are also clear by 90-95 percent.”

Talking about how he’s busy with the post-production and is busy having meetings with OTT platforms, he adds, “We have just finished dubbing with all the actors and the post-production is also going on in full swing currently. We will make the date of announcement. We are going to join hands with soon with some good association. No one contacted us to confirm this story before publishing in the respective media.”

Last year, Aman hinted at making a comeback on the silver screen with a post on Instagram saying, “Creativity does not retire, and I would love to sink my teeth into a nuanced and impactful character. I’m of course quite aware that such roles for older women are few and far apart. Some days ago I read about the Annenberg Foundation study that analysed 1,000 Hollywood films released between 2007 and 2017. They found that less than 25% of the women on screen were over the age of 40. The numbers for the Indian film industry are unlikely to be much better.”

Apart from Show Stopper, Aman also has Bun Tikki lined up for release. The film is produced by fashion designer Manish Malhotra and also stars Shabana Azmi and Abhay Deol. The shoot of the film has been concluded.