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News India Live, Digital Desk: Rajpal Yadav, who has made crores of people laugh with his comedy, is in big trouble these days. 5 February 2026 Following the order of Delhi High Court, he surrendered in Tihar Jail. The case started with an old loan of ₹5 crore, which is now amounting to almost Rs.5 crore with interest and penalty. ₹9 crore are done.
1. Origin of Debt: Failure of ‘Missing Address’
The root of the controversy lies in the year 2010:
Directorial debut: Rajpal Yadav made his first directorial film ‘Missing address’ For construction, a loan of ₹ 5 crore was taken from Delhi company ‘Murali Projects Pvt. Ltd.’
Box Office Disaster: The film was released in 2012 but flopped badly at the box office. This caused huge financial loss to Rajpal and he was unable to repay the loan.
Circle of Interest: The principal amount of ₹5 crore grew to close to ₹9 crore over the next 15 years due to legal complications and interest.
2. 27 years of career still ‘pauper’?
People are often asking this question whether Rajpal did not earn enough to pay ₹9 crore? The main reasons for this are:
Income vs Liabilities: According to reports, Rajpal is working on a film. ₹1 to ₹2 crore Charge (like ₹1.25 crore for Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 and ₹2 crore for Chandu Champion). However, the fees of supporting actors are much lower than that of lead actors.
Interest Burden: Rajpal promised several times in the court to pay the money in installments. He made ₹75 lakh in October 2025 and some payments thereafter, but the rising interest took over his total earnings.
Liquidity Issues: Although his estimated net worth ₹50-85 crore It is said, but it includes real estate and luxury vehicles. Due to lack of liquid cash in hand, they were not able to pay the huge amount in lump sum.
3. Legal action and surrender
Check Bounce: To repay the loan, he had given 7 checks which bounced again and again. After this he was prosecuted under Section 138 of the ‘Negotiable Instruments Act’.
Strictness of the court: Justice of Delhi High Court Swarn Kanta Sharma Said that the court cannot create special conditions for any person, even if he is from the film industry. Rajpal gave in the court more than 20 promises Undertakings, due to which the court’s patience ran out.
Jail sentence: In 2018, he was sentenced to 6 months’ imprisonment, for which he continued to appeal for several years. Ultimately, he had to surrender after the deadline of 4 February 2026.
4. Support of social opinion and industry
There has been a heated debate on this issue on social media:
Pay gap issue: People are discussing the huge salary gap between ‘Superstar’ and ‘Supporting Actor’ in Bollywood.
Industry Support: actor sonu sood has extended a helping hand to Rajpal and signed him in his next film. There itself salman khan And Ajay Devgan Like, there are reports of help from behind the scenes by the stars too.
