Yash Chopra claims compensation for delay in filming Mohabattein

Yash Raj Films had insured the Aishwarya Rai starrer Mohabattein for Rs 15 crore in September 1999, he added.

Yash Raj Ltd chief accounts officer Kanubhai Sadrani said Mohabattein, which is scheduled for a Diwali release, had been delayed for more than a month due to Aishwarya’s injury.

The production house had retained the set for few days but ultimately it was brought down to facilitate other production houses thus leading to massive losses, he claimed.

"The incident occurred in February. The compensation which is around Rs 35 lakh is a claim for the reconstruction of the set," Sadrani said. The insurance company has already appointed a chartered accounting firm to assess the losses as claimed by the party on whose report the action would be taken, Pawar said.

"Yash Raj Films will now have to substantiate the claim by proper documents and then the compensation will be given," Pawar said.