Archive · 7 Oct 2026
Rajpal Yadav’s Film Loan Dispute Reaches Supreme Court
Rajpal Yadav borrowed about Rs 5 crore to help make a film called Ata Pata Laapata.
The money was not repaid as planned, and the disagreement led to cheque-bounce cases in court.
Yadav says the dispute and the film’s troubled release caused much bigger financial and career losses.
The Delhi High Court upheld his convictions and gave him prison sentences in seven cases.
He has challenged that order in the Supreme Court.
At a recent hearing, he offered a Rs 2 crore payment: some in a demand draft and the rest from selling family property.
The Supreme Court accepted that payment offer.
It said it would consider his challenge after the payment issue is dealt with.
Rajpal Yadav told the Supreme Court that a roughly Rs 5 crore loan linked to his 2012 film Ata Pata Laapata grew into a much larger financial and legal dispute.
Yadav said the film’s release was severely disrupted and claimed Rs 17 crore of his own money remained tied up; these are his claims.
The Delhi High Court upheld his conviction in seven cheque-bounce cases and imposed three months’ imprisonment in each case.
At Wednesday’s hearing, Yadav brought a demand draft for Rs 1.15 crore and said he would raise the remaining Rs 85 lakh by selling ancestral property.
The Supreme Court accepted the proposed Rs 2 crore payment, while indicating it would hear Yadav’s challenge to the High Court order on its merits after the payment issue is addressed.
- Who
- Actor and filmmaker Rajpal Yadav, and Murli Projects Pvt Ltd, the lender identified in the report.
- What
- A cheque-bounce dispute over a loan for Ata Pata Laapata, alongside Yadav’s challenge to his convictions and sentences.
- When
- The loan dispute dates to around 2010; the film was released in 2012. Yadav appeared before the Supreme Court on Wednesday; the report does not give the date.
- Where
- The Supreme Court of India; the film was produced in India.
- Why
- The dispute followed a loan of approximately Rs 5 crore for the film and an alleged failure to repay it as agreed.
Rajpal Yadav’s account
Court proceedings and complainant’s position
Financial impact and repayment
Rajpal Yadav’s account
Yadav says he was prepared to repay the original Rs 5 crore earlier, and that the prolonged dispute caused much greater financial and reputational harm.
Court proceedings and complainant’s position
The report says the Delhi High Court noted repeated failures to fulfil payment commitments; the Supreme Court pressed him to comply with payment directions.
Scale of the dispute
Rajpal Yadav’s account
Yadav says the original liability was settled at Rs 8 crore and argues that the fallout ultimately cost him far more, describing a Rs 22 crore burden.
Court proceedings and complainant’s position
The case began with an approximately Rs 5 crore loan, and the court’s immediate focus was securing payment to the complainant; the supplied report does not include a direct response from the complainant.
- Film
- Ata Pata Laapata, a 2012 film directed by Rajpal Yadav.
- Original loan
- Approximately Rs 5 crore, borrowed from Murli Projects Pvt Ltd for film production, according to the report.
- Yadav’s claimed losses
- He said Rs 17 crore of his money was stuck and described the wider burden as reaching Rs 22 crore.
- High Court outcome
- Delhi High Court upheld convictions in seven cheque-bounce cases and imposed three months’ imprisonment in each.
- Payment presented
- Yadav brought a demand draft for Rs 1.15 crore and said the remaining Rs 85 lakh would come from an ancestral-property sale.
- Supreme Court response
- The court accepted the proposed Rs 2 crore payment and indicated it would later hear the challenge on its merits.