Housefull 4: After Nana Patekar's exit, Anil Kapoor to take his place in Akshay Kumar starrer film
A few days back it was confirmed that Bollywood actor Nana Patekar and director Sajid Khan have stepped down from the fourth instalment of Housefull franchise. Nana Patekar who was playing a pivotal role in the film has now no more a part of the film. It all happened when Nana Patekar and Sajid Khan's names came in #MeToo campaign.
Then soon the production house confirmed that Farhan Samji has replaced Sajid Khan as the director of the film. Now reports are that the makers have also found the replacement of Nana Patekar as well. According to earlier reports, Sanjay Dutt and Anil Kapoor were supposed to replace Nana Patekar but now it looks like that one has been confirmed.
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) October 12, 2018
According to an entertainment portal, as Sanjay Dutt is busy with his different projects so he won't be able to part of the film. Now all eyes on Anil Kapoor and reports are that he may say to the film. Nana Patekar shot for 6 days and now makers will have to re-shoot the 6 days of Nana Patekar once again with Anil Kapoor.
— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) October 12, 2018
Significantly, Akshay Kumar and Riteish Deshmukh came out in the support of #MeToo campaign and asked the makers of the film to stop the shooting of the film till investigation didn't happen.
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First published: 17 October 2018, 10:20 IST