3 min readMumbaiMay 2, 2025 12:51 PM IST
First published on: May 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM IST
Mumbai police booked film producer Prerna Arora Wednesday for allegedly duping her co-producer of the film “Fanney Khan”, Kashish Khan alias Nafisa Khan, of Rs 1.33 crore.
Khan claimed that Arora accepted money from her for the film but did not return the money and also did not fulfil her promise of sharing profit from the film. The police have also booked Arora’s mother, Protima Arora.
As per the Khan’s complaint, the monetary dispute between her and Arora dates back to 2018-2019. Khan has stated before the police that she met Arora in 2018 and since both of them were film producers they soon became good friends. Khan stated that on March 21, 2018, Arora visited her home in Andheri (West) and told her that she should make films of big banners.
After gaining Khan’s trust, she requested her to invest money in the then-upcoming film “Fanney Khan”.
Arora allegedly claimed that she has Rs 60 crore fixed deposits and assured Khan that she would get her money back, the police sources said.
Arora allegedly promised Khan that on investing Rs 50 lakh, she would give Rs 10 lakh profit in return. She also promised under an agreement that if she fails to return the money, she would make Khan film’s co-producer and would also share 5 per cent of the film’s profit with her. By claiming all this, Arora allegedly accepted Rs 50 lakh from Khan, states the police complaint.
Later, till January 2019, on different occasions, she allegedly accepted Rs 83 lakh more from Khan. Khan has also alleged that as per her promise, Arora didn’t make her co-producer in the film starring Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, and Rajkumar Rao, which released on August 2, 2018. However, Arora allegedly failed to return Khan her money in the stipulated period, thus defrauding her, the FIR read.
Khan also alleged in the FIR that despite knowing that there were not sufficient funds in her bank account, Arora allegedly gave cheques to her with bogus signatures. Khan also alleged in the police statement that Arora gave her a copy of the agreement with Arora’s bogus signatures on it and eventually defrauded her of Rs 1.33 crore.
On Khan’s complaint the Versova police booked Arora under sections 420 (cheating), 406 (criminal breach of trust), 465 (forgery), 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating) and 471 (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record) of the Indian Penal Code, a police officer said, adding, further investigation is on.
Arora and Khan both did not respond to calls and messages for comments.
Arora faced legal trouble in the past
Arora has similarly faced legal trouble in the past when Mumbai police EOW in 2018-19 had booked and arrested her for allegedly defrauding film producer Vashu Bhagnani of Puja films of around Rs 31 crore. After a long legal battle in October 2023, she was acquitted of all charges by the Bombay High Court.
Accused film producer Prerna Arora. (Express Photo) 
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