Friday, September 19, 2025

Prabhas Film Producers - Directors Target Deepika


 Real Reason Behind Deepika exit from Kalki

 June 5, a post was uploaded on an Instagram handle, speculating that Deepika Padukone may be dropped from the sequel to Kalki 2898 AD (2024). The report further stated that ‘her demand for shorter work hours post-motherhood is reportedly causing friction on sets. Kalki 2 makers are considering reducing or removing her role’ Now offivailly she is out of Kalki 2. Even before shooting started this report came and it had given an inkling of the Producers to drop her after she walked out Prabhas film Spirit.

 Vyjayanthi Movies team is said to have cribbed about Deepika asking that 26 of her personal staff be given the 7 Star treatment given to her and a luxury vanity van at her disposal, this far from true. Such issues never cropped up as the production company has worked with Deepika before. The point which the production company wanted a rethink was 7 hour schedule and every hour after that to be charged pro rata the salary of the actor. It means that as doing VFX might prolong a call sheet the production team will end up paying more than double. As compromise could be woeked out the option was to say goodbye. Apart from this no issues has been raised, Atlee camp sources say that Deepika has put same conditions and they have agreed, However Vyjayanthi Movie has a point when they say that Priyanka Chopra does not have this clause in her deal with Rajamouli- Mahesh Babu team and that she coming from Hollywood has not pitched this 7 hour work clause. Producers had no issue with 25 % fee hike and reports said that they wanted her to stick to Kalki Part 1 fee as Prabhas had not asked for a hike, Prabhas takes an advance and gets a share of the profits.

Back in May, Deepika was replaced in Spirit, directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga. Reports suggested the fallout stemmed from scheduling and contractual disagreements. As a new mother, Deepika had reportedly requested an 8-hour workday, which translated to about 6 hours of actual shooting time. Questioning the actor's sense of feminism, Sandeep Vanga wrote on X: "When I narrate a story to an actor, I place 100% faith. There is an unsaid NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement) between us. But by doing this, You've 'DISCLOSED' the person that you are... Putting down a Younger actor and ousting my story? Is this what your feminism stands for?

He then criticised what he called dirty PR tactics: "As a filmmaker, I put years of hard work behind my craft & for me, filmmaking is everything. You didn't get it. You won't get it. You will never get it.

Producer Ramesh Taurani in 2012 complained about Deepika as she  walked out of Race 2 . She shot for 6 days and quit as she got a Hollywood project.

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