studio head, with Bollywood's numero uno
a superstar known for content of his films.
This star actress who has made waves
abroad was being considered opposite him,
and the film was tentatively scheduled to
start shooting in April.
All things turned upside down when the
male superstar left the film because he
didn't think the director had it in him to
make a good film. The director hasn't made
a film in nearly 20 years and so the
superstar left the film. Publicly, he revealed
that the reason for him not doing the film
was that he wants to devote the next
decade of his career to making an epic film
spread out over multiple parts. Yes it's true
that he superstar wants to make such a film,
however the work for that won't start till
1-2 years down the road. The actor has a
big release on Diwali and will concentrate
on the epic film after that.
So before the word came out about the real
reason the superstar left the film, without
keeping his leading lady up-to date about
the status of the film, the producer started
to panic and started to pitch his film to
other actors. This, while the leading lady had
already blocked her schedule from April
onwards and had declined several
international and Bollywood projects for the
said period.
Then, word got out that the makers
approached this young and industry's
favourite leading star who also politely
declined the film citing date problems. His
super-hero film is about to start. The makers
then approached this other older superstar
who has just released a teaser trailer of his
next film. He also heard the narration of the
same film but asked the producer to wait till
end March after he completes his current
film.
But, the producer didn't want to let the
momentum of the film die like his other film
announcements. Earlier, he had announced
a film with the director who gave the
biggest Hindi grosser last year and a young
leading actor who has delivered two super
hits this year. The producer made several
announcements about the film only to have
the film being shelved and the director
moving on to make another film for a
leading independent producer.
So without keeping his leading lady updated
on the developments the producer's
publicist started to tell everyone that this
older super star has said yes to their film
and now this film will be made with him and
this leading lady. Thereby, rekindling their
chemistry from their previous franchise film
(remake of a mega star's film) which saw
them light the screen on fire. This was
mainly done to make sure another one of
this producer's projects doesn't die out in
the media or the industry.
When the leading lady heard about these
developments through articles in the media
and not from the producer himself, she lost
her cool and let the producer know about it
in many ways, stating emphatically that he
can go make his film with whichever actor
he wants when he wants, however as
committed by her she was only available as
per her dates, and that if this producer
doesn't want to shoot then, the actress
should be compensated for her loss of time
like they do in the west.
Now with the female star not wanting any
part of the film anymore, the producer once
again has another one of his announced
projects in limbo.
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CREDITS: PINKVILLA.
https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/guess-who/guess-who-actress-miffed-pr-hungry-ex-studio-head-producer-395150.
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