Actor Aayush Shah lodges a complaint against the founder of an OTT platform regarding bounced cheques

Actor Aayush Shah and his business partner have accused the founder of an OTT platform of sending them checks totaling over Rs 1 crore that have been returned, and they have lodged numerous complaints against him in this court.

Aayush Shah and his business partner, Mausam Shah, co-founders of the PR firm Maars Communicates, recently filed complaints in a magistrate court under the provisions of the Negotiable Instruments Act.

The accusations concern a number of checks that the Shah pair received from Akshay Bardapurkar, the proprietor of the OTT platform.

Bardapurkar had given Aayush and Mausam nine signed checks under the complaints. When the checks, totaling Rs 1,14,30,400, were presented, they were refused.

Bardapurkar owes Aayush Shah Rs 87 lakh of the total, and Mausam Shah the remaining sum. Since May 2024, interest of Rs 3,61,500 has been payable each month.

According to their attorney Krishnagopal S. Tripathi, Aayush Shah has lodged three complaints against Bardapurkar and the Planet Marathi Seller Services firm. He stated that Mausam Shah had lodged a single complaint against the defendant.

He stated that the two plan to sue Bardapurkar in civil court to get damages and more accountability.