It’s problematic: Abhishek Pathak on Akshaye Khanna's ‘Drishyam 3’ exit, seeks rules to prevent late exits
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Mumbai, Director Abhishek Pathak says he was under immense pressure following the sudden exit of Akshaye Khanna from "Drishyam 3", which forced them to rewrite the part to introduce a new character just days before the shoot.
Adding to this, It’s problematic: Abhishek Pathak on Akshaye Khanna's ‘Drishyam 3’ exit, seeks rules to prevent late exits Khanna, who played IG Tarun Ahlawat in "Drishyam 2", walked out from the third part of the popular franchise seven days before the shoot was scheduled to commence, according to the producers. They then roped in star Jaideep Ahlawat.
Meanwhile, Pathak shared following Khanna's exit he and his team had to completely rewrite the character at the earliest. Besides directing the movie, he is also the producer and writer on "Drishyam 3".
Notably, "Maybe an independent director on the movie would have stepped back and shared, 'I can't do it, I need some time, I might have to push the shoot'. There are actors involved, there's a set which got constructed," the director told PTI in an interview.
As per the latest buzz, "For me, there was a different kind of pressure, I cannot say, 'I can't do it. It's so much pressure, stress, I can't handle it'. But I told my team, 'We've to do it, otherwise the movie will get delayed, there are dates of actors which we've and once that goes away, it might get pushed'," he shared.
In further updates, Pathak's producer father, Kumar Mangat Pathak has sent a legal notice to Khanna for breach of agreement for "Drishyam 3".
On top of that, "We had narrated the entire script to him and he had liked it. We signed the agreement and he hugged Abhishek and he was even paid the signing amount for the movie. But ahead of the rollout of "Dhurandhar", he shared he didn't want to be part of the movie via a text message," Mangat Pathak told PTI last year when the row over Khanna's exit first broke out.
In the third and final chapter of the Ajay Devgn-led thriller franchise, Ahlawat stars as SP Crime Branch Rajveer Singh Tomar, who goes after Vijay Salgaonkar and his family.
Source: Hindustan Times