{"id":425735,"date":"2026-01-20T15:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T15:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/425735\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T15:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T15:28:10","slug":"hussain-ustaras-daughter-denies-threatening-o-romeo-makers-says-shahid-starrer-misrepresents-him-he-wasnt-a-gangster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/425735\/","title":{"rendered":"Hussain Ustara\u2019s daughter denies threatening O Romeo makers, says Shahid-starrer misrepresents him: He wasn’t a gangster"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actors Shahid Kapoor<\/a> and Triptii Dimri<\/a>\u2019s upcoming film O Romeo has found itself at the centre of a controversy even before hitting theatres. The Vishal Bhardwaj<\/a> directorial is said to be inspired by the story of Hussain Ustara and Sapna, a claim that has not gone down well with Ustara\u2019s family. His daughter, Sanober Shaikh, has accused the makers of misrepresenting her father by portraying him as a gangster, a narrative she maintains is completely untrue and unfair to his legacy.<\/p>\n

\"OO Romeo is scheduled to be released in theatres on February 13.Hussain Ustara’s daughter slams the makers<\/p>\n

In an interview with Hindustan Times, Sanober maintained that she did not threaten the makers but instead sent them a legal notice. She denied issuing any threats to the filmmakers and alleged that the team never sought permission from the family to make a film inspired by her late father\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are claiming and showing wrong things about my father. They are saying that we threatened them and asked for \u20b92 crore. That\u2019s wrong. They are making such claims for publicity of the film. We have sent them a legal notice,\u201d Sanober tells us.<\/p>\n

Talking about the reason she sent the legal notice to the team, Sanober adds, \u201cThe makers have stated that the film is inspired by a true story, which is my father\u2019s life. We sent a legal notice because he is being portrayed very negatively and in a completely wrong light. Because of this, our family is facing several problems. We are receiving calls, messages, and videos about my father, with people comparing him to the character shown in the film. My father\u2019s face is being used as someone\u2019s WhatsApp status.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe motive to send the legacy notice is that don\u2019t promote wrong stuff. Kisi ki life disturb ho aisa nahi karna chaiyeh entertainment ke liye (One should not disturb someone\u2019s life in the name of entertainment),\u201d Sanober mentions.<\/p>\n

When asked about what the makers are saying, Sanober claims, \u201cThey are denying everything, saying it is not a biopic or a documentary. But it is inspired from real life. The incidents they have mentioned are from my father\u2019s life. They have picked his look for the character\u2026 People are reaching out to us and asking about his life. Kitne logun ko bolein ke nahi woh baba ki life nahi hai? (How many people can we keep telling that this is not baba\u2019s life?)\u201d<\/p>\n

Sanober mentions that the \u20b92 crore mentioned in the legal notice sent to the team is part of the procedure.<\/p>\n

Sanober accuses makers of distorting facts<\/p>\n

Sanober also accused the makers of distorting facts, claiming that the characters portrayed by Shahid and Triptii did not share any romantic relationship in real life.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe makers are showing him to be a violent person. But in reality he was humble and sweet. My father was not a gangster. If you dig deep into it and hear interviews, one would understand that Hussain Ustara actually helped the police. He got into it to end the gangster culture. Now, when we Google his name we get words such as gangster, professional killer, which was not the case before. But my father was not a gangster,\u201d Sanober claims.<\/p>\n

About O Romeo<\/p>\n

The film\u2019s teaser was released earlier this month. It gave a glimpse into the action-packed saga with a high dose of violence and romance. The film stars Shahid Kapoor as a gunman. The makers or the cast have not specified if O Romeo is indeed based on Hussain Ustara\u2019s life and death or not. Mumbai-based Hussain famously feuded with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.<\/p>\n

The film also stars Nana Patekar<\/a>, Vikrant Massey<\/a>, Avinash Tiwary<\/a>, Disha Patani, and Triptii Dimri. O\u2019 Romeo written and directed by Vishal Bharadwaj, with Rohan Narula as his co-writer. Sajid Nadiadwala has produced the film which will be released in theatres on February 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actors Shahid Kapoor and Triptii Dimri\u2019s upcoming film O Romeo has found itself at the centre of a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,109300,223564,152835,344,218953,58378,223565],"class_list":{"0":"post-425735","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-gangster","12":"tag-hussain-ustara","13":"tag-legal-notice","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-o-romeo","16":"tag-shahid-kapoor","17":"tag-shahid-kapoor-o-romeo"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}