BUZZ: Kangana Ranaut Gets Simran Editor Apurva Asrani Sacked, Hansal Mehta Sends Termination Letter
An obviously shocked editor of Kangana Ranaut- starrer Simran, Apurva Asrani spoke to SpotboyE.com after he received a termination letter for his services as the Editor of the film. Although he has had worse fights with his business partner Hansal Mehta in the past, 'now it’s time to move on', Apurva tells us with a heavy heart...
Breaking of partnerships in Film
industry is a common sight now, but it still always hurts the concerned parties
to walk their ways after years of togetherness.
A recent case is
of Hansal Mehta and his frequent collaborator, editor-writer Apurva Asrani.
After a series of discussions on who the actual writer of his forthcoming film
Simran starring Kangana Ranaut is, SpotboyE.com has it from the editor himself
that he has bid good bye to Hansal Mehta.
While speaking to
us exclusively, Apurva confirmed the news of the termination of his services as
an editor for Simran and said, “I continue to be the writer of the film but yes
my services as an editor of the film have been terminated.”
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Of course, the
editor is shocked with the development and is equally saddened, “I have edited
almost the entire film except the final touch work in the last leg of the
schedule. I haven’t spoken to Hansal till now but yes I won’t deny that I am
not hurt as we have set up this collaboration 16 years back and have delivered
some National Award winning work.”
Now there is a
strong buzz in the industry that the split is due to Kangana Ranaut. Hansal
Mehta’s leading lady is known to be deeply involved in every aspect of her
film. We hear that she wasn’t very happy with the edit of Simran, which changed
Hansal’s mind end moment and he asked Apurva to discontinue. It is also being
said that now Kangana is sitting on the edit herself.
In the past as
well, Kangana’s co-star have had a difficult time working with her. You may recall
during Tanu Weds Manu 2, Swara Bhaskar had a show down with Kangana when she
suggested a change in her dialogue delivery during a scene. Following which,
Swara walked out off the sets saying the Kangana is not the director of the
film.
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Not just Swara,
she even had an argument of sorts with Anand L Rai during the shoot of the film
about his direction. Kangana apparently had a gut feeling about how shots and
camera angles were being positioned and who was being favoured with close-ups
and punchlines. Whenever she felt she was being sidetracked, she would speak
her mind out, loud and clear, which of course, Anand L Rai didn’t’t appreciate.
With so much of
history, when SpotboyE.com asked Apurva if Kangana was the reason of this
development too, he refused to comment and added, “Hansal stopped taking my
calls a while back, especially after Mumbai Mirror’s article on Kangana sharing
the credits as a writer for Simran.”
It’s shocking to
know that a filmmaker like Hansal Mehta, who has a certain reputation in the
industry, decided to terminate the service of a person who has worked with him
for years and stood by him through thick and thin, especially when the film is
almost complete and he has worked through the entire film (Simran).
While Apurva
didn’t say it in explicit words but it was not difficult to decode that it’s a
perfect case of a filmmaker siding with his film’s heroine rather than his
partner.
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“We always had the
arrangement that while Hansal produced and directed the film, I would write and
edit it but I guess it’s time to move on.” concluded Asrani.
Phew! Seems it is
not easy to work with Kangana, right Mr. Asrani?
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