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Film shaper Kumar Mangat Pathak connected Saturday said they’ve issued a ineligible announcement to Akshaye Khanna for breach of statement for the upcoming film, Drishyam 3, aft the histrion refused to beryllium "part of the movie via a substance message".
Mangat Pathak said they had signed an statement with Khanna past period for Drishyam 3 and the histrion was besides fixed beforehand payment.
He further added that they decided to motion Jaideep Ahlawat connected Friday arsenic their sprout was getting affected.
Written and directed by Abhishek Pathak, the movie is presented by Star Studio18. It is produced by Alok Jain, Ajit Andhare, Kumar Mangat Pathak and Abhishek.
“We were moving connected Drishyam 3 for 2 years and Akshaye was alert of this. We had narrated the full publication to him and helium had liked it. Before signing the agreement, we negotiated connected his acting interest thrice and lone aft it was good for some of us, we signed the statement and gave him the signing amount,” Mangat Pathak, who has earlier backed Omkara, No Smoking, and Section 375, told PTI.
Khanna and his squad were approached for a comment. They are yet to respond to the producer's claim. Without disclosing the nonstop signing amount, Mangat Pathak said that helium was fixed "whatever fees helium had asked for", which is 3 times much than Drishyam 2.
Drishyam 3 is headlined by Ajay Devgn, who plays the relation of Vijay Salgaonkar, and Tabu is seen arsenic erstwhile bull Meera Deshmukh.
In Drishyam 2, Khanna essayed the relation of IG Tarun Ahlawat who investigates the execution of Meera’s lad Sam.
The shaper said that Khanna signed the movie lone aft agelong discussions connected his looks.
“We besides went a small backmost and distant for his look successful the film, similar helium wanted to deterioration a wig and we told him that it would not look authentic if we abruptly gave his quality a caller look. He agreed to it and past we signed the statement astatine his farmhouse successful Alibaug, wherever helium hugged Abhishek (director) and adjacent said, ‘This is going to beryllium a Rs. 500 crores film’,” the shaper said.
“…But 1 day, helium messaged saying, ‘I’m not doing the film’ and erstwhile helium tried to scope retired to him, helium did not respond to calls and messages. His connection came a time oregon 2 earlier the merchandise of Dhurandhar,” helium added.
He added that they were near with nary different enactment but to instrumentality ineligible action, since Khanna had stopped responding to them.
“He didn’t respond to america erstwhile we sent him ineligible announcement arsenic helium did not comply with the rules of the agreement. The announcement was sent to him past week stating that, ‘You’ve to enactment according to the statement and if you don't past we volition record a lawsuit against you successful the court’. It’s been a week helium has not responded.
"We volition beryllium deciding connected the adjacent people of our enactment soon against him. We don’t cognize if the wig is the existent crushed for not doing the movie oregon was determination thing else. It’s a wholly incorrect happening that is happening,” helium said.
“The enactment was besides done connected Akshaye’s look including his costumes, the filming for the movie excessively had begun from December 18 astatine YRF studios. He had fixed america dates till March. We are suffering losses due to the fact that of him. Hence, we signed Jaideep,” helium said.
Mangat Pathak, who has been moving successful the manufacture for adjacent to 5 decades, described the concatenation of events arsenic “disappointing”.
Having worked with Khanna connected 2 of their films, Aakrosh and Section 375, the shaper said they “never had immoderate differences successful the past”.
"He utilized to beryllium a media shy idiosyncratic but contiguous helium is seen astir everyplace (on societal media). We tin intelligibly spot there’s a paid run happening,” Mangat Pathak said, adding, it seems "the occurrence of Dhurandhar has gone to Khanna’s head".
The movie is acceptable to merchandise successful theatres connected October 2, 2026.
