Shailesh Lodha, who quit ‘Tarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’ a few years back, has now received his salary from the production. The actor filed the case in the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and has won the case.
According to a report in Times of India, Lodha won the non-payment of dues lawsuit against TMKOC makers in May itself, and the remuneration is above Rs 1,05,84,000. He stated that the fight was never for money, but it was for justice. “I feel like I have won a battle, and I’m happy that the truth has prevailed,” he said.
Lodha went on to say that things went downhill after Modi asked him to sign some papers to clear his dues, which also had clauses like the actor cannot speak to the media, among other things. “I didn’t bow down to the arm-twisting. Why would I sign any papers to get my own money?” he said.
Lodha claimed that after he won his battle against the makers, another actor, who is a part of TMKOC, received all his pending dues after not being paid for over three years. However, he refrained from revealing the name of the actor.
The producer of the show, Asit Modi, was in the news for wrong reasons, as he was accused of sexual harassment by Jennifer Mistry. Additionally, Actress Priya Ahuja Rajda went on to call Modi “a sadist” and claimed that the showrunner likes it when actors beg to him.