SEX SCANDAL In April, And 7 Months Later Vikas Bahl LOSES PRODUCER Of His Hrithik Roshan Film!
It's all happening at the Phantom office, but nothing going great guns in their favour. Madhu Mantena's close friend Priti Sinha has broken her profession ties with him over strong differences of the Hrithik Roshan film Super 30 they were supposed to produce together
It has
not been easy going for Vikas Bahl of Phantom Films after his Shahid
Kapoor-Alia Bhatt film Shaandaar turned out to be a cold turkey. The director
was allegedly involved in a sex scandal in April this year, and he now finds
that one of his producers Priti Sinha has left him high and dry on his next
film which he had put together with great difficulty. That leaves Vikas with
only his Phantom colleague Madhu Mantena on board as a producer.
Vikas Bahl And Madhu Matena
You
know how it is when your last film fails to set the cash registers ringing.
Besides, it is a known fact that Phantom Boys- Vikas Bahl, Anurag Kashyap,
Vikramaditya Motwane and Madhu Mantena- don't have a great equation with each
other; there have been several cases when Anurag and Vikas have had heated
arguments indoors and outdoors.
Priti
Sinha had second thoughts about remaining involved in the making of the
mathematician Anand Kumar biopic and absolved herself from the project.
Mathematician Anand Kumar And Madhu Matena
What
exactly led to a fallout between thick friends Mantena and Priti was that Priti
wanted Akshay Kumar in the lead but Mantena was keen on Hrithik.
Reportedly-
parallel negotiations were on with both the stars, and somehow Mantena got
Hrithik on board.
Hrithik Roshan And Akshay Kumar
When
Mantena and Priti had their first share of differences on the casting, Mantena
had even landed up at Priti's building very late in the night and created a
scene outside her flat by banging on her door. He wanted Priti to stay afloat
in the venture because apparently, Priti had got the film's rights from Anand
Kumar.
Anyway,
now with Priti out- it remains to be seen who replaces her.
While
Priti remained unavailable for comment, her father Vinay Sinha (producer of
Salman-Aamir starrer Andaz Apna Apna) confirmed their company Reel Life
Entertainment's exit from Super 30 and said, "The film makes no commercial
sense to us anymore. We can't work with more than one director at the same
(referring to the Phantom quartet). We have decided to move on. Let Anand
Kumar put his life story on celluloid with anyone. We are definitely not doing
Super 30. Dekha jaye to waise bhi itna late ho gaya hai, we had discussed Super
30 with Madhu two years ago and isn't that a fairly long time?"
Priti Sinha
We
called up Anand Kumar to know his reaction about Priti's walkout from Super 30.
Anand Kumar said, "Yes, I am aware that Priti is not producing my
biopic and it's only Madhu Mantena now. Whether it's just Mantena or his
company Phantom Films I really don't know the intricacies. But let me also tell
you how it happened. I had an agreement with Priti till August 12, 2017. Soon
after that, she told me that she is not keen on continuing with it. So, we
parted ways," and then added, "Priti and Madhu are still friends. They
still meet and talk. Baaki sab theek hai."
Well,
so be it. We don't want any friendship to break in this world. But the story
just got confirmed. Priti Sinha and Madhu Mantena are not together in this
anymore, contrary to what was being reported in sections of the media until
now.
Image Source: Manav Manglani, facebook/pritisinha3
