Sallu snipped out
Vickey Lalwani (MUMBAI MIRROR; June 14, 2014)

If you've been grooving to the popular track Ye Fugly Fugly Kya Hai, this one is for you. The song featuring Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar is not included in the film which hit the theatres on Friday. The omission has shocked the industry as well as Salman and Akshay's fans.

After the film's initial trial shows, news started trickling in that the track featuring the two stars was not to be seen anywhere in the film. "But nobody expected that the final copy of the film which hit theatres on March 13 would not have the two A-listers," said a source.

Buzz is, it was Salman who compelled Ashwini Yardi (the film's co-producer) and Kabir Sadanand (film's director) to eliminate the song from the final draft. "Salman was not happy with the song, he had issues with it," added the source,

On March 19, Mirror had reported that while the song was being shot, Salman felt that Akshay was hogging the limelight and had stormed out from the set after shooting the first stanza.

The move has not pleased exhibitors like Manoj Desai, who says, "The people are feeling cheated. Why do bogus publicity?"

However, Yardi says that Salman did not press the 'Eject' button. The producer stated that she had made it clear at the trailer launch held in early April that the song was simply a promotional measure. Offering her version on why the song got chucked, Yardi said, "Fugly is a content driven film which deals with several burning issues of our society. The song did not fit into the film."

But debutant actor Arfi Lamba who was a part of the song, said: "I think the makers were unable to fit it in the film, though I don't know the reasons."

Claiming that he was not disappointed that his dance moves with Salman and Akshay will not be seen on the big screen, Lamba quipped, "The song already has 4 million hits online."