India, Jan. 13 -- A film producer was booked on Sunday for allegedly cheated an actor of Rs.2.5 lakh by issuing a cheque that later bounced. The actor worked with the producer for a Telugu film with a promised pay of Rs.19 lakh, the last instalment cheque of which bounced and the producer failed to respond, prompting her to approach the police.

According to the police, the complainant, Digangana Suryavanshi, 28, a resident of Film City Road in Goregaon East, stated that she worked between 2021 and 2025 in a Telugu film originally titled Wild, produced by Suresh Patil under his banner Hornbill.

She told the police that she played the female lead opposite actor Dilip Prakash in the film, which was directed by Vijay Madala. The producers h...