Amitabh Bachchan opts out of 'Thug'?

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Amitabh Bachchan opts out of 'Thug'?

TNN | Jul 27, 2016, 01.00 AM IST

A year ago, there was news about director Vijay Krishna Acharya's ('Tashan', 'Dhoom 3') plans for his next film, 'Thug' starring Hrithik Roshan. Later, there were media reports that Amitabh Bachchan had joined the cast. Roshan and Bachchan were last seen together on screen in 'Lakshya' (2004). So this seemed like a casting coup. Now, our sources indicate that Bachchan has reportedly opted out of 'Thug' due to the project being postponed.

A Bollywood insider reveals that the studio backing this film has pushed it ahead a few times. Roshan is currently busy with his home production, 'Kaabil'. And apparently, the script is also undergoing a minor re-writing.

Rumours within the fraternity are rife that since Bachchan has a packed schedule ahead of him, he couldn't wait any longer for the new film to take off. After 'Pink', Big B is reportedly committed to start work on 'Aankhen 2'. He has also signed projects with R Balki and Sujoy Ghosh, both of which are expected to roll in 2017.

The studio spokesperson maintained they haven't made any announcement on this film.

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i dont whats taking it so long to take off they should announce its ASAP and book a holiday

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YRF seems to be busy with befikre. After Kaabil , HR has the time to shoot this one and if the writing isn't complete yet then they will lose HR's dates too.

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Originally posted by: DB_reloaded
i dont whats taking it so long to take off they should announce its ASAP and book a holiday

As per the article they r making minor changes in the script... Hrithik is busy with MD promotions and Kaabil and yrf is busy with Befikre...

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Originally posted by: raj80
As per the article they r making minor changes in the script... Hrithik is busy with MD promotions and Kaabil and yrf is busy with Befikre...

but u have to announce the film if the lead actor is signed!!! u need to book a good date everything is booked till 2017

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Wonder why the film refuses to take off...

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I like the way Kaabil started everything about it is fast and bang on and its buzz wont die out it will remain till the release unless they postpone

All other HR films starts off lethargically time has changed u have to market your film from inception

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Originally posted by: DB_reloaded
I like the way Kaabil started everything about it is fast and bang on and its buzz wont die out it will remain till the release unless they postpone

All other HR films starts off lethargically time has changed u have to market your film from inception

can't agree more... raees on top of it helped more to promote kaabil...