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Shirish kicks off a new controversy
Sajid Nadiadwala has unceremoniously dropped the director from his next production, may direct the Salman Khan starrer himself
Shubha Shetty and Vickey Lalwani mirrorfeedback@indiatimes.com
Shirish Kunder's alienation seems to continue. First Akshay Kumar, the lead actor of his film Joker, distanced himself from the film's promotions. His co-actor and friend Sonakshi Sinha, the leading lady chose to follow suit. And now, Mirror has learnt, that Sajid Nadiadwala, a close friend of Akki's has decided to let go of Kunder from his next venture Kick.
On August 29, we told you how the script of the Salman Khan starrer had been sent back to the drawing board. And now, we hear that producer Sajid has decided to replace the director of the film. According to a close friend of the filmmaker, Sajid after producing 18 films over two decades is considering direction. "If things go as planned, Sajid himself will direct the film," said the friend.
The aftermath of the Shirish-Akshay fallout started the night before the film, Joker released. "Sajid and Shirish had a chat. The project, Kick had always been Sajid's baby. Shirish thought it would be better if the producer called the shots himself," added the close friend.
Nadiadwala, who started off as an AC technician and then even worked as a spotboy before working as a production assistant in his uncle's production house, kickstarted his own banner Nadiadwala Grandsons with Zulm Ki Hukumat in 1992. "Kick was his brainchild. He is really close to the subject. After having a chat with Shirish on Thursday night, he decided to don the director's mantle himself," said the friend.
However, there are some who believe that Sajid's sudden change of heart was influenced by his close friend Akshay's decision to alienate Shirish. In fact, to this paper, Sajid had recently said that though minor changes were being made to the script of Kick, the actor - Salman and the director - Shirish would remain the same. He had said, "Firstly, I want to make it clear that Kick is indeed happening. Salman is the lead actor and Shirish the director." That was just a day before he decided to show Shirish the door.
According to a source, Shirish and Sajid started having creative differences over the script much earlier. "After the Joker controversy, Sajid decided to go ahead with the film without Shirish since it has always been his brainchild anyway," said the source.
Meanwhile, Ek Tha Tiger director Kabir Khan is also in talks with Sajid. However, whether it was for Kick or any other project, is still unclear.
On August 29, we told you how the script of the Salman Khan starrer had been sent back to the drawing board. And now, we hear that producer Sajid has decided to replace the director of the film. According to a close friend of the filmmaker, Sajid after producing 18 films over two decades is considering direction. "If things go as planned, Sajid himself will direct the film," said the friend.
The aftermath of the Shirish-Akshay fallout started the night before the film, Joker released. "Sajid and Shirish had a chat. The project, Kick had always been Sajid's baby. Shirish thought it would be better if the producer called the shots himself," added the close friend.
Nadiadwala, who started off as an AC technician and then even worked as a spotboy before working as a production assistant in his uncle's production house, kickstarted his own banner Nadiadwala Grandsons with Zulm Ki Hukumat in 1992. "Kick was his brainchild. He is really close to the subject. After having a chat with Shirish on Thursday night, he decided to don the director's mantle himself," said the friend.
However, there are some who believe that Sajid's sudden change of heart was influenced by his close friend Akshay's decision to alienate Shirish. In fact, to this paper, Sajid had recently said that though minor changes were being made to the script of Kick, the actor - Salman and the director - Shirish would remain the same. He had said, "Firstly, I want to make it clear that Kick is indeed happening. Salman is the lead actor and Shirish the director." That was just a day before he decided to show Shirish the door.
According to a source, Shirish and Sajid started having creative differences over the script much earlier. "After the Joker controversy, Sajid decided to go ahead with the film without Shirish since it has always been his brainchild anyway," said the source.
Meanwhile, Ek Tha Tiger director Kabir Khan is also in talks with Sajid. However, whether it was for Kick or any other project, is still unclear.
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