Fake Rajkumar Santoshi FB profile asks women to send nude pics for casting: Targets actor Rayya Labib

MUMBAI: An apparently fake Facebook profile of director Rajkumar Santoshi has been contacting women, mostly models and upcoming or struggling actors, asking them to send their nude photographs and videos under the guise of giving them work or casting for a film.

A similar incident had happened years ago just before the lock down and Santoshi had filed a complaint with the Mumbai cyber crime cell, after which the fake profile was deleted.

Now, this criminal activity seems to have started all over again. We made several attempts to contact director Rajkumar Santoshi and appraise him of the problem, but he has changed his last-known contact number and seems to be using a new phone number. We also contacted some common friends to pass on a message to the veteran director, but are awaiting a response.

Actor Rayya Labib was one of the victims of this fake profile and got a message stating that he (the fake Rajkumar Santoshi FB profile) was casting for a new film project and asked for nude photos. “I immediately realized that it was a fake profile and blocked it, because a similar incident had happened a few years ago, which I had read about in the media,” Rayya Labib told his journalist.

Rajkumar Santoshi is among one of the most celebrated directors of Hindi cinema having made films like Ghayal, Ghatak, Damini, Andaz Apna Apna, The Legend Of Bhagat Singh, Khakhee and Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani among others.

The filmmaker is returning to the big screen with his next, Gandhi Godse, which is slated for a January 26, 2023 release.

Besides Gandhi Godse, Santoshi has another film lined up. It’s a partition drama called Lahore:1947, which unites him with Sunny Deol after a gap of 26 years.

Aamir Khan too had spoken about collaborating with Rajkumar Santoshi once again. Rajkumar Santoshi too is trying to work in the same direction, and told an entertainment website that there’s a subject which he has developed for Aamir.

“I was going to meet him around the time of the release of the film Laal Singh Chaddha, but he announced a break. I will narrate to him the story when we meet and will try to end his break. I will try and get him back on the floors once again,” Santoshi told Pinkvilla.