Eight months since Ranveer Singh exited Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s Don 3, the controversy continues. Things took a fresh turn at the Indian Motion Picture Producers’ Association’s (IMPPA) August 18 meeting. mid-day has found out that the actor’s legal team apparently submitted a letter stating that IMPPA shouldn’t intervene and if it passes a decision in the matter, Singh will take legal recourse.

Apparently, this isn’t his first letter urging IMPPA to dismiss the complaint. After Akhtar and Sidhwani filed their complaint with the body, claiming R45 crore damages over the actor’s exit, IMPPA scheduled its first meeting for August 14. An IMPPA member, on condition of anonymity, told mid-day, “Before that meeting, Ranveer’s legal team sent a letter mentioning that he did not have a formal agreement with Excel Entertainment; instead, they had only a Memorandum of Understanding [MoU]. He also submitted a formal defence countering the Rs 45 crore claim. His letter also stated that IMPPA should dismiss the complaint as it did not fall under the body’s jurisdiction and that only the court could settle the matter. After receiving Ranveer’s letter, IMPPA postponed the August 14 meeting. When the actor’s father Jagjit Singh Bhavnani showed up, he was told that the meeting had been postponed.”