In a new update, Kumar Mangat, producer of “Drishyam 3” confirms that following Akshaye Khanna’s exit from the film, he has replaced him with Jaideep Ahlawat. This new development comes after reports earlier this week confirmed Akshaye Khanna’s exit from Drishyam 3.
There were also reports that Akshaye had quit the film after the makers announced the release date of the film.
Producer Kumar Mangat shared amidst his media interaction that Akshaye Khanna’s remuneration-which is said to be the reason for him walking out of the project-was negotiated thrice. Following this, Akshaye reportedly stopped responding to phone calls altogether.
Kumar Mangat went on to share more details on what led to Akshaye Khanna’s sudden decision. The producer elaborated that there were certain differences related to Akshaye Khanna’s hairstyle for his character, IG Tarun Ahlawat, in Drishyam 3.
Mangat continued that his team tried to sort out the difference after discussions, but Akshaye has allegedly stopped taking calls at this point.
According to an earlier report, Akshaye Khanna revised his fee to
₹21 crore after the twin successes of Chhaava and Dhurandhar and that didn’t sit well with the Drishyam 3 makers due to budgetary constraints.
Akshaye was menacing as the villain in Chhaava while he stole the show, and now in Dhurandhar
He has become the next big thing. Realising the same, he decided to revise his fees. Accordingly, he demanded ₹21 crore from the makers of Drishyam 3,”
Another bone of contention amid Akshaye Khanna and the Drishyam 3 team was his demand to wear a wig. “One of them was that Akshaye suggested he’d like to wear a wig. The makers were not comfortable with the idea, probably because he was without a wig in the second part.
Akshaye Khanna entered the Drishyam franchise back in 2022 as IG Tarun Ahlawat, a confidant of IG Meera Deshmukh (Tabu), who is hell-bent on getting Ajay Devgn’s Vijay Salgaonkar behind bars for the murder of her son Sam.
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