Kartik Aaryan after being ousted from Karan Johar’s Dostana 2, speculations have been going around of a possible rift between the two. However, none of them have directly addressed the issue. Meanwhile, in the latest interview, Karan Johar’s statement might be a dig at the young actor. During an interview with Film Companion, the filmmaker stated that he is “fed-up” with young actors demanding a huge amount of salary.
“I am so fed up. I have seen prices of actors rise through the worst period of cinema for no reason. They hadn’t had a release, their last release was a failure, their films have not taken off, and yet they are just [rising their prices] because they are riding on the digital money. They have gone beyond deluded. And we all have to just suck it up and work with them because this is what we do,” he told Film Companion.
Karan further added, “There is a younger order that is yet to prove their muscle at the box office. They’re asking for Rs 20 or 30 crores. For no reason. Then you want to show a report card to them and say, that hello, this is what your film opened to. I would rather pay top dollar to members of the technical crew, who actually make the film special.”
For the unversed, Dharma Production issued a statement informing fans that they would be recasting for Dostana 2 despite some sequences being shot. Collin D’ Cunha’s directorial Dostana 2 previously cast Kartik Aaryan, Janhvi Kapoor, and Laksh Lalwani. The production house shared their statement through their official social media handles.
It was reported that Akshay Kumar may replace Kartik Aaryan. However, it is said that the movie is shelved for now.
“There was a strong buzz all across that Dostana would be completely reshot with slight tweaking in the script. There was also a talk about Karan Johar approaching his close friend, Akshay Kumar to step into Kartik’s shoes. However now, there is a very strong buzz in the industry that Dostana 2 has been put on the backburner completely,” a source quoted saying to BollywoodHungama.com.
“He tried to revamp the film, but when things were taking longer than expected, he decided to put Dostana 2 on hold completely. Janhvi is now doing a film with Sharan Sharma, whereas Lakshya is doing a film with Shashank Khaitan. Akshay on the other hand teams up with Raj Mehta. And with this, Karan has put Dostana 2 silently under the shelf, hoping that it sees the light of day sometime in future,” the source added.
