Abhishek Kapoor
(Gattu) has had another fallout- this time with KriArj Entertainment &
T-Series!
KriArj
Entertainment, who are fast gaining the reputation of backing some of the
biggest blockbusters and music giants and production house T-Series announced
their association with Kedarnath directed by Gattu, sometime ago. The first
schedule is complete.
While there has
been ample speculation surrounding the severing of this partnership since some
time, official sources now confirm that KriArj Entertainment and T-Series faced
major financial and creative differences with the filmmaker.
Sara Ali Khan
This comes as no
surprise especially since Gattu has a history of fallouts through the span of
his professional career. The filmmaker was earlier involved in spats with Excel
Entertainment's head honcho Farhan Akhtar (during Rock On!!), veteran
superstar Rekha (Fitoor) and filmmaker Apoorva Lakhia among others.
Gattu's broken
bridge with Farhan has still not mended (Farhan didn't sign him for Rock On
2). On one hand, Pubali Chaudhuri had claimed that she was working closely
with Excel producers Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan on the sequel --- but on the
other hand, Gattu cried 'foul' and jumped onto the bandwagon citing copyright
issues.
Prernaa Arora
As for his fracas with Rekha, he had a complete "collapse of
communication". Rekha could not understand his interpretation of her
character in Fitoor (which went on to become a colossal disaster), neither was
she happy with her look in the film. Gattu was so obstinate that he refused to
even understand her.
Sources reveal
that owing to his history and lack of professionalism , the film had no
takers until KriArj Entertainment came on board to produce the film.
The new-age
studio, who shares a great equation with T-Series later brought them on board
as well, to look after other aspects like the music, digital, satellite and
cable rights. 
Sushant Singh Rajput And Sara Ali Khan
However, both the studios were wary of Gattu's interference in their financial
decisions and his constant delays in shooting the film. The film was going
grossly over-budget; Gattu's planning was completely unprofessional and
disorganized as the entire production was being handled by his company Guy In
the Sky Pictures.
Says an insider,
"KriArj Entertainment and T-Series decided to come on board since they
believed in the film and Gattu's vision. However, as Kedarnath unfolded,
several issues pertaining to the dates of the talent, prep time and delays in
the film's delivery began cropping up.
Gattu replaced several crew members and technicians at the very last
minute and Gattu's demands became unreasonable by the day.
Bhushan Kumar
He not only delayed the shoot of the film by six months but also majorly
interfered in the film's financial planning and overall business workings.
Gattu also demanded that a higher price be quoted for the music rights and this
despite T-Series being the music moghuls and the best in the music
industry".
Adds the source,
"Deciding a film's release date should be the producers call since they
are the one's investing huge sums into the project. However, Gattu interfered
in that as well.
He went on to announce a release date on Twitter without consulting KriArj
Entertainment who were against releasing the film on that date, since it was
clashing with Shah Rukh Khan starrer Zero. (Dec 21.) KriArj having immense respect for SRK averted the situation by deciding that they will shift Kedarnath to another date.
Abhishek Kapoor
There were also rumors of Abhishek Kapoor not allowing KriArj to sign Sara Ali
Khan which they were in talks for, so much so that the studio was driven to
drop the film.
It came to a point where the makers refused to put up with Gattu's
arm-twisting."
SpotboyE.com has it that for now, Kedarnath is on hold until everything is
clear on papers.
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