Rohit Shetty drops Salman’s Chulbul Pandey role in Singham Again
Rohit Shetty drops Salman’s Chulbul Pandey role in Singham Again
In the wake of the murder of former Minister and NCP Leader Baba Siddique, and with threats to Salman Khan, who was roped in to play the Chul Chul Pandey cop character, director Rohit Shetty, doesn’t feel it right to film the character by Salman Khan in “Singham Again’ and dropped it.
No doubt, the cameo would have reported that the cameo couldn’t be filmed. A Bollywood Hungama report has claimed that Salman was scheduled to film the cameo last week. However, due to Baba Siddique’s sudden death, Rohit Shetty did not feel right to call him on set to film the scene.
The one-day shoot was scheduled to take place at Golden Tobacco in Mumbai.
Rohit and Ajay then had discussions internally and felt that it would be insensitive to request Salman Khan to shoot amid all the controversy. The duo was racing against time to submit their film to the censors on October 18 and have decided to submit the film without the appearance of Salman Khan.
Although Salman’s cameo might not be able to make it into the film, the report states that there are chances his back shot in the uniform might make the cut in the post-credits scene.
Baba Siddique was bumped off on October 12vwhen he was making his exit from his son’s office in Bandra East. A member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang took responsibility of Siddique’s death and issued a warning to Salman Khan. Notwithstanding the threats, Salman not only rushed to the hospital to check on Siddique’s family after his death but also participated in the funeral rituals before Siddique was buried.
On the recent episode of Bigg Boss 18, Salman admitted that he wasn’t in the state of mind to film the episode due to the recent turn of events.
Meanwhile, Singham Again is set to release this Diwali. The film features Ajay Devgn in the lead while Kareena Kapoor plays the role of his wife. The film features Arjun Kapoor as the villain who abducts Kareena and sparks a Ramayan-like battle. Ajay takes help from Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Tiger Shroff, Akshay Kumar and others to rescue Kareena. The film releases on Diwali this year.
News Edit KV Raman
