Sonu Mmishra Reveals Why He Quit Salman Khan-Inspired Film Kala Hiran

In response to Salman Khan's legal notice to the producers of Kala Hiran, a movie purportedly based on his notorious 1998 blackbuck poaching case, Govind Namdev, his co-star in Wanted, stated that he is distancing himself from the movie in which he starred, alleging that the filmmakers had misled him. The actor went on to say that he wouldn't be involved in a movie that disparages the celebrity.

Another former Salman co-star, who left the movie after a few days of filming, had also refused to be associated with Kala Hiran before Govind Namdev. Sonu Mmishra, who co-starred with Salman in last year's action blockbuster Sikandar, directed by AR Murugadoss, was offered the lead role in Kala Hiran, a character purportedly modelled on Salman, but he chose to back out of the contentious production.

“I was very excited for Kala Hiran. I got the opportunity to play superstar Salman Khan. I had started shooting as well. But when a narrative starts getting built, you realise what the intent of the film is. Being a professional actor for the past 15-16 years, I wouldn’t like to be a part of such a film. No doubt they have a perspective, but if you depict superstar Salman Khan in a negative way, then I’d rather do other projects,” Mmishra said on the YouTube channel Bollywood Crazies.

Sonu Mmishra Says He Quit Kala Hiran After Seeing Contract Terms

He noted, though, that although he spent a few days shooting for Kala Hiran, he left the project before he was able to sign the contract.

"I requested the script from them after two days of filming. I asked them to reveal the screenplay and terms of the contract because I was the lead actor. The creators also came to the realisation that they had no control over me. They eventually showed me the contract, which required me to criticise Salman in public as well. Thus, these actions go against my moral principles," Mmishra continued.

Mmishra Claims Kala Hiran Makers Used Legal Notice To Generate Publicity

Mmishra noted that Kala Hiran's creators have acknowledged that the movie is against Salman Khan in addition to him. He claimed that they hadn't even received the legal notice they were tearing up and that it was merely being done to generate publicity. Mmishra contended, "There's nothing more to it." He also mentioned that although the creators received the legal notice in April, it wasn't until June that it became widely publicised.

Kala Hiran's producer, Amit Jani, asserted last week that he had received death threats for producing the movie. "This notice, what should I reply to it?" he asked, tearing the legal notice in public. He claimed that Salman Khan's fans had sent 1,000 texts in the last 36 hours, threatening to kill him if he visited Mumbai. "So, to whom should I respond? Should I reply to this notice, to those threats, or to the thousands of abuses delivered through Salman Khan's toolkit? I respond to that notice with this."