New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Film producer Shailendra Singh, who is best known for National Award-winning films like Page 3, Traffic Signal, recently opened up about his legal battle with Amitabh Bachchan and Shoojit Sircar. Talking about the rights of the film Shoebite, he alleged that he had originally developed the story of the film under the title of Johnny Walker.

He claimed that the film was later renamed to Shoebite by Shoojit, who sold the film to Ronnie Screwvala. Singh added that he lost out on the project despite paying Rs.4 crore in advance to Amitabh Bachchan, who was the lead of the unreleased film.

Shailendra Singh backed Shoojit Sircar's directorial debut Yahaan. He recalled working on Johnny Walker. He told Siddharth Kannan, "I...