MUMBAI: Tigmanshu Dhulia‘s up-for-release film Paan Singh Tomar has been shrouded in controversy.

Balwant Singh, the nephew of dacoit Paan Singh Tomar, has lodged an FIR against the director who has made a film on the latter‘s life. In a complaint lodged with the Madhavganj police station in Gwalior, Singh said that the director had detracted from his promise of paying him Rs 4 million for passing on details about his uncle‘s transition from an athlete to a dacoit.

The film has Irrfan Khan play the role of Paan Singh Tomar, a resident of Bhidausa village in Morena district. A subedar in the Indian Army, Tomar won the steeplechase event at the National Games for seven years in a row.However, after the killing of two members of his family in a land dispute, he became a rebel who wrought havoc in the Chambal valley.

A senior from the police station has said that an investigation has been launched to ascertain the facts.

Paan Singh Tomar is scheduled to release on 2 March.