The Raj Kundra pornography case has taken a ugly turn with shocking details coming to the fore with each passing day. Now actress, Gehana Vasisth who was earlier arrested in connection with the case has made has shocking disclosures. She said, Raj Kundra was planning to cast sister-in-law Shamita Shetty in a movie and the actress had even green lit the venture.Gehana Vasisth told Navbharat Times in an interview, "Just a few days before his arrest, I went to his office. There, I got to know that he is planning to launch an app called Bollyfame. He was planning to do chat shows, reality shows, music videos and feature films for the app. There was no plan of involving 'bold scenes' in these films." "We also discussed on the scripts. Then we thought about casting Shamita Shetty for one script, Sai Tamhankar and two other artists for another. I was supposed to direct these films and was thinking about it just a few days before his arrest," Gehana added. For the unversed, Bollyfame is the app which Raj Kundra and his associates were planning as backup if their existing app Hotshots landed in trouble.
The businessman was named as the ‘key conspirator’ in the case involving creation and publishing of porn videos through the ‘Hotshots’ app. While Raj as stated that he sold ‘Hotshots’ for $25,000 in 2019, it is being reported that Raj Kundra and his UK based brother-in-law Pradeep Bakshi worked together on it. According to IANS, Raj is the owner of Viaan Industries Ltd, while Pradeep Bakshi -- a British citizen, who is married to Kundra's sister -- is the Chairman of Kenrin Ltd., London. Both the companies worked on the mobile app called 'HotShots Digital Entertainment', developed by Kenrin Ltd. Raj Kundra reportedly supplied the content and controlled the UK firm from his Viaan Industries office. Raj Kundra was booked under Indian Penal Code Sections 420 (cheating), 34 (common intention), 292 and 293 (related to obscene and indecent advertisements and displays), and other relevant sections of the IT Act and the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act. The actress also said that Sherlyn Chopra and Poonam Pandey should be arrested if there is any pornography case. The two actresses had also released statements in connection with the case. They were questioned by the Maharashtra cyber cell. Sherlyn and Poonam had contracts with Raj Kundra's firm Armsprime Media. Both the actresses had later terminated their contracts. Poonam had also filed a case against the businessman.