Ranvir Shorey calls report on alleged relationship with Pooja Bhatt 'defamatory and malicious PR campaign' by film moguls

Bollywood

actor Ranvir Shorey has taken to social media to dismiss reports that linked him to actress Pooja Bhatt. Addressing the allegations, he claimed that it was a '

defamatory

and malicious PR campaign' by film moguls who were targetting him for years on end.

Denying any such link to Bhatt, he tweeted, “These kind of articles are the result of the sustained defamatory & malicious PR campaign that these film moguls have targeted me with for years! None of the media will bother to fact check old police and media records that will show that it was I who was abused by them."

He also spoke about Pooja’s husband

Manish Makhija

and how they used to be best friends. “This guy in the photos used to be my best friend right up until after the incident, and then turned around and married her. All kinds of relationships are manipulated and psychological warfare used,” he said.

Pooja and Manish got married in 2003 and announced their separation in 2014.