Red Chillies lay bare ex-employee’s lie
Jul 3, 2014 9:03:15 GMT -8
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Mirchi lagi! Red Chillies lay bare ex-employee’s lie
By Nazia Sayed, Mumbai Mirror | Jul 3, 2014, 02.07 AM IST
Two years after an animator with Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment was left paralysed in an accident, company officials have broken their silence over her relatives' claims that the company has not provided adequate financial support to them.
A Red Chillies official, who didn't want to be named, said that the company had paid Rs 20 lakh for 28-year-old Charu Khandal's treatment and other expenses. The official accused Charu and her family of literally blackmailing Red Chillies for funds despite the firm's constant support.
On March 25, 2012, Charu was out with her friends to celebrate the National Award won by her team for the special effects for Shah Rukh's superhero movie Ra.One.
After the party, Charu, her sister Ritu, and friend Vikrant Goel were travelling in a rickshaw when a speeding car rammed into their vehicle. The young animator suffered serious injuries to her head and spine and was left paralysed. Over two years after the accident, she can only move her neck and wrists.
Shah Rukh had visited her in the hospital on March 28 last year and promised her financial support. The Red Chillies official said that despite the company paying up to Rs 20 lakh, Charu and her family continue to malign the firm and the actor by falsely claiming lack of financial support.
"She was not returning from any work assigned to her by Red Chillies (when the accident took place). She had gone to a party, and on her way back, she met with an accident. She still availed benefits in kind and cash from Shah Rukh, but she has misused his generosity," the official said.
The official added: "Shah Rukh has always been helpful to her. Yet, every time she ran out of money, she went to press and pressured him to pay up, which she didn't need to do."
Last year, Charu's family had claimed that they were struggling to pay for her medical bills as Shah Rukh was unreachable.
Charu, the official said, was not an employee of Shah Rukh, yet the actor had ensured that her medical bills were covered. "He cannot be forced into paying all her bills just because he's a star," the official said.
But Charu's relatives said that the family was still grappling with medical bills as her condition had not drastically improved. "She has shown little improvement and we are still going places for her treatment," a relative said.
The family has moved back to native Rajasthan as they cannot afford the treatment and other expenses in Mumbai. Inputs by Rachana Dubey
www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Mirchi-lagi-Red-Chillies-lay-bare-ex-employees-lie/articleshow/37661403.cms
By Nazia Sayed, Mumbai Mirror | Jul 3, 2014, 02.07 AM IST
Two years after an animator with Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment was left paralysed in an accident, company officials have broken their silence over her relatives' claims that the company has not provided adequate financial support to them.
A Red Chillies official, who didn't want to be named, said that the company had paid Rs 20 lakh for 28-year-old Charu Khandal's treatment and other expenses. The official accused Charu and her family of literally blackmailing Red Chillies for funds despite the firm's constant support.
On March 25, 2012, Charu was out with her friends to celebrate the National Award won by her team for the special effects for Shah Rukh's superhero movie Ra.One.
After the party, Charu, her sister Ritu, and friend Vikrant Goel were travelling in a rickshaw when a speeding car rammed into their vehicle. The young animator suffered serious injuries to her head and spine and was left paralysed. Over two years after the accident, she can only move her neck and wrists.
Shah Rukh had visited her in the hospital on March 28 last year and promised her financial support. The Red Chillies official said that despite the company paying up to Rs 20 lakh, Charu and her family continue to malign the firm and the actor by falsely claiming lack of financial support.
"She was not returning from any work assigned to her by Red Chillies (when the accident took place). She had gone to a party, and on her way back, she met with an accident. She still availed benefits in kind and cash from Shah Rukh, but she has misused his generosity," the official said.
The official added: "Shah Rukh has always been helpful to her. Yet, every time she ran out of money, she went to press and pressured him to pay up, which she didn't need to do."
Last year, Charu's family had claimed that they were struggling to pay for her medical bills as Shah Rukh was unreachable.
Charu, the official said, was not an employee of Shah Rukh, yet the actor had ensured that her medical bills were covered. "He cannot be forced into paying all her bills just because he's a star," the official said.
But Charu's relatives said that the family was still grappling with medical bills as her condition had not drastically improved. "She has shown little improvement and we are still going places for her treatment," a relative said.
The family has moved back to native Rajasthan as they cannot afford the treatment and other expenses in Mumbai. Inputs by Rachana Dubey
www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Mirchi-lagi-Red-Chillies-lay-bare-ex-employees-lie/articleshow/37661403.cms
