New Delhi: Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar will appear before a lower court in Mumbai on Tuesday regarding the rape case filed against him by small-time actress Preeti Jain in 2004.
The court had last month accepted Preeti's fresh plea and said that Bhandarkar can be tried for rape and criminal intimidation.
In July 2004, Pretti, living in Malad suburb of north Mumbai, created a sensation after she accused Bhandarkar of rape on the pretext of giving her a lead role in his film.
Pretti alleged that she slept with Bhandarkar from 1999-2004 as he promised her a role in his films and marriage.
In September 2005, Pretti was arrested after she reportedly hired a contract killer for Rs.70,000 to murder Bhandarkar.
In January 2006, police requested the court to dismiss the case against Bhandarkar as they had found Pretti's allegations to be false.
Bhandarkar, 44, is credited with making sensitive, critically acclaimed and box-office hit films like 'Chandni Bar', 'Page 3', 'Traffic Signal' and 'Corporate'.
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