Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma on Saturday refused to show his soon-to-be released movie 'Not A Love Story', based on the gruesome murder of Neeraj Grover, to Kannada actress Maria Susairaj, who recently walked free in the case after serving three years behind the bars.
Directed by Varma, 'Not a Love Story' is a crime thriller, said to be inspired by the television executive's killing in 2008.
Maria, who was found guilty of disposing the body of Grover along with her fiancee Emile Jerome, had on Friday sent a legal notice to Varma saying that he did not have right to release a film based on her life without her consent.
RGV, however, has refused to show her the film.
“I will not show my film to Maria as I have repeatedly said my film is just inspired by the incident and not completely based on her. There are so many differences in the film from the real life incident,” Varma said.
“My heroine is not a South Indian actress and her fiancee is not in Navy as in real case. Also, the film is just an interpretation of what could have happened and not a reporting on what actually happened. No one was there to know what the reality is. This is not her story and I am not showing the film to her,” he said.
Meanwhile, Maria's lawyer, Sherif Sheikh said, “We have asked him to show the film before the release. If he does not we will file a suit and the court will decide whether the movie can be released or not.”
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