Arjun-Mehr Separation: How The Couple Was Boycotted By Shah Rukh Khan, Karan Johar & Gang...
The problem was not just in their personal lives, Arjun and Mehr faced a tough time in their professional space as well. Things worsened between the two when slowly the industry started boycotting the couple...
While Arjun
Rampal struggled to make a mark in the industry, at least he was relieved to be
a part of Shah Rukh Khan's inner circle. But that too shattered eventually in
2011 when wife Mehr asked for a higher remuneration for her husband from Shah Rukh
Khan for Ra.One.
Slowly and
steadily, the couple who hung out with Karan Johar, Maheep Kapoor, Bhavna
Panday, Gauri Khan was nowhere to be seen in the group.
It was
evident that the duo has been boycotted by SRK & co.
Mumbai
Mirror reports:
Arjun and Mehr, who were once an
integral part of Shah Rukh Khan’s inner circle, fell out with him during the
making of Ra.One. According to a source close to the couple, Arjun requested to
be a part of his friend’s 2011 sci-fi production, Ra.One. “But Mehr allegedly
insisted on a higher remuneration for her husband from coproducer SRK himself,
who swore to never work with Arjun in the future. The two subsequently had a
public falling out during the film’s release. After that, Shah Rukh stopped
taking Mehr’s calls.His wife, Gauri Khan, who had been close friends with Mehr,
severed ties with her as well,” the source added.
Meanwhile, as Ra.One entered
postproduction, Arjun was signed on to play the lead in the Karan
Johar-produced We Are Family. When Arjun hiked his fee at the last minute, KJo
also avowed never to work with the actor again. A month after Ra.One’s release,
SRK and Gauri were conspicuous by their absence at Mehr’s 40th birthday bash.
Soon after, Bhavna Panday, Maheep Kapoor, Sussanne Khan and Anu Dewan, core
members of Bollywood’s most high-profile girl-gang of the time including Gauri
and Mehr, gradually distanced themselves from Arjun and Mehr.
“I never tell Mehr what films I’m
doing because she’s very honest with her opinion, and when she gives it, I know
exactly how good or bad the film is — she’s very straightforward, which is fun,
but also sometimes embarrassing,” Arjun had been quoted as saying on several
occasions.
