The BMC on Wednesday issued a notice to filmmaker Vashu Bhagnani asking him to remove the posters of his son’s upcoming movie Rangrezz from his building on Juhu Tara Road following a complaint by the Juhu Citizens Welfare Group.
Only last week, the Bombay High Court had rapped the civic body and asked it to ensure that all illegal hoardings in the city are removed. BMC sources said Bhagnani, whose application has not been processed, has draped his building with huge banners of the film.
“Many hoardings have been put up all over the building,” said Mehjabeen Arwani, a member of the Juhu Citizens Welfare Group. “They are an eyesore. The BMC had removed all hoardings last week following the high court order but these posters have been put up around the building now and the authorities are looking the other way.”
Bhagnani’s under-construction building is not new to controversy. In 2011, Bhagnani’s neighbour Rajhoo Barot, who has two adjacent plots, filed a petition in the high court alleging Bhagnani of violating several environment and fire safety norms and Development Control Regulations. The Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority had issued a stop work notice to the company citing alleged violation of green norms.
BMC officials said they will pull down the posters on Thursday.
“They had applied for permission but displayed the poster seven before permissions were sanctioned,” said Vishwas Shankarwar, Assistant Municipal Commissioner, K-West ward. “We have issued a notice and will remove the posters on Thursday. Further action will then be taken against them.”
When contacted, Baghnani said neither he nor his office has received any notice from the BMC and they will look into the matter once they get it.
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