Vikram Bhatt’s upcoming horror feature, Haunted – Echoes Of The Past, is drowning in legal trouble. Just a day after the director confessed to spending 75 days in a Udaipur prison over a separate Rs. 30 crore fraud allegation in late 2025, Bhatt has been hit with a fresh crisis. Lakshmi Ganpathy Films is demanding Rs. 19 lakhs in unpaid dues, threatening an immediate injunction to block the movie’s release.
What We Know
- The Notice: Issued on June 3, 2026, by Advocate Nagesh Mishra on behalf of Lakshmi Ganpathy Films.
- The Backstory: LGF originally invested Rs. 94 lakhs for a 50 percent profit share before withdrawing their rights.
- The NCLT Freeze: The film is already paralyzed by a May 2026 National Company Law Tribunal order freezing the asset over a separate insolvency application.
The financial unraveling of the production has been remarkably public. The Rs. 19 lakh demand specifically stems from an unresolved balance after mutual accounts were adjusted following a February 2024 payment linked to Bhatt’s earlier horror hit, 1920. According to the June 3 legal notice, Lakshmi Ganpathy Films claims there was a mutual understanding the film would not see a release until these specific dues were settled.
This latest threat compounds a nightmare scenario for Bhatt, who just opened up about the severe hurdles stalling his projects. He confirmed a 2025 stint where he spent 75 days in prison over an unrelated Rs. 30 crore fraud allegation. The legal blockades are stacking up rapidly. Beyond the LGF dispute, the ongoing NCLT insolvency proceedings initiated by Hare Krishna Media Tech Pvt Ltd allege preferential financial transactions, keeping the entire asset legally frozen for the foreseeable future.