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Actors who got replaced by other stars in big budget movies

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: April 23, 2021 20:15 IST

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Kartik Aaryan and Karan Johar had a big argument recently. Due to this argument, Karan expelled Karthik from 'Dostana 2'. Karthik had been shooting for 20 days. However, Karan expelled him after suffering a loss of crores of rupees. Of course this is the first time this has happened.
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Aishwarya Rai was similarly removed from a movie many years ago. The name of the movie was Chalte-Chalte. Salman Khan went on set and made a fuss and Aishwarya was punished. She was replaced by Rani Mukherjee in this movie.
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Kareena Kapoor was replaced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali in the movie 'Ramleela -Goliyon Ki Raslila'. Kareena's first look of this movie was also out. But due to Kareena's marriage and dates, Bhansali dropped Kareena from the movie. After this the role went to Deepika Padukone.
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Actor Sonu Sood was similarly cast in Manikarnika. He had completed most of the shooting of the movie. However, due to creative difference with Kangana Ranaut, Sonu quit the movie midway.
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Katrina Kaif also had to undergo replenishment early in her career. She had done one day shooting of Anurag Basu's movie Saya. But then she was suddenly removed and Tara Sharma was taken in this movie.
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Rekha was also replaced in the movie Fitoorm after a few days of shooting, she was dropped from the movie. The role was later played by Tabu.
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Shraddha Kapoor was roped in for Saina Nehwal biopic but due to date issues, the actress opted out of the project and was replaced by Parineeti Chopra.
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Chitrangada Singh was shown the way out of the movie Babu Moshay. After this, she was replaced by Bidita Bagh.
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Varun Dhawan had announced 'Mr. Lele' in a big way. An insider poster was also released. But it is said that due to creative differences, Varun refused to do this movie. Vicky Kaushal is currently doing this movie.
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Both Khurana and Bhoomi Pednekar were replaced in the movie Manmarziya. The duo had also started shooting for the movie. But Anurag Kashyap made an entry and changed the entire cast of the movie.
Tags: Kartik AaryanKaran JoharDostana 2Varun Dhawan
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