Mahesh, Mukesh Bhatt file defamation complaint against Luviena Lodh

Mumbai, Oct 26 : Filmmakers and brothers Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt on Monday filed a defamation suit in the Bombay High Court against actress Luviena Lodh.
Last week, Luviena posted a one minute, 48-second video on her verified Instagram page claiming that Mahesh Bhatt has been harassing her. She also claimed that she had been married to his nephew Sumit Sabharwal, adding that she had filed for a divorce since he supplies drugs to actors. She also alleged that he was into supplying women and that Mahesh Bhatt was aware of the fact.
She had said: “If something should happen to me and my family, the only people who are responsible are Mahesh Bhatt, Mukesh Bhatt, Sumit Sabharwal, Sahil Saigal, and Kumkum Saigal. People should at least get to know of how many lives they have destroyed behind closed doors and the things they can do, because Mahesh Bhatt is extremely powerful and influential. Thank you.” Now, Mukesh Bhatt has issued a statement saying: “As mentioned in our defamation plaint submitted in the courts today (Monday), that Mr. Sumit Sabharwal is only an employee in my production company Vishesh Films for over 20 yrs as opposed to Ms. Luviena Lodh’s claims that he is our relative in various media reports and publications.” He went on to sat that Luviena has “consciously and maliciously orchestrated a campaign along with her benefactors to nefariously defame and besmirch the good name and reputation of my brother and myself with the sole and ulterior motive to garner publicity in the hopes that the same would motivate a lucrative out of court settlement in her matrimonial dispute with Sumit”.
“We have the highest faith in our judicial system and intend to see this suit to its logical end,” he concluded.