As per a report in News 18, Ranveer Singh opted out of his upcoming film Rakshas without providing an explanation to the producers. While a recent report claimed that Singh had shot for 3 days and abruptly left the film due to creative differences between him and director Prasanth Varma.
The source informed Times Now.com/Zoom that it was Singh who “pursued” Varma for Rakshas as the director had no plans to commence its shoot anytime soon. Varma wanted to start another project in Telugu after Hanu-Man, but he decided to postpone it to work on Rakshas after seeing Singh’s “enthusiasm”.
Commenting further on the reason behind the actor’s abrupt exit, the source said, “Ranveer flew down to shoot with us. Contrary to reports, he didn’t shoot a first-look video with us. He actually shot for the film for three days with us. We packed up happily… The next thing we know he sends us a message saying he would not be able to do the film. No explanation was offered as to why. We were stunned. Making it worse was the fact that someone leaked this news to the Mumbai media. We would have dealt with the crisis discreetly quietly. In Mumbai, they like to create controversy even for unprofessional behaviour. We don’t work that way.”
The source claimed that they were told someone had advised Ranveer against taking up Rakshas. “If this is so, shouldn’t he have taken the advice earlier and spared us the losses and embarrassment?”
When asked about the financial losses due to Singh’s exit, the source said, “Actually it is not going to be that much. This is the era of Artificial Intelligence. We plan to incorporate Ranveer’s three days of shooting into the film, that is, if he decides not to do our film at all. Yes, we are not blocking out discussions. We are leaving the option of his return open. But we want to ask Ranveer a question: Is this a joke? To opt out of a foolproof commitment?”