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Milan Luthria refutes rumours of the former getting shelved
Upala KBR (DNA; September 20, 2015)

Ajay Devgn-Lisa Haydon-Shruti Haasan-starrer Baadshaho has been in the middle of many controversies. First, Shruti Haasan walked out citing date issues and then there was talk of the film getting shelved completely. Director Milan Luthria dismissed the rumours.

Milan says, “These rumours are ridiculous. The bottomline is that Ajay’s film Shivaay is a weather-controlled project (Devgn was to start shooting from January 2016 in Bulgaria). Ajay called me to say that he has got together the international crew again and requested me if we could start shooting for Baadshaho from February next year. He wants to shoot Shivaay from November 7 till the middle of February next year by which time, 70 per cent of his film will be complete. He needs the snow for Shivaay. As he personally asked me to accommodate my dates because of the weather issue, I immediately agreed. I assured him we would work around it and adjust. In any case Shivaay for me to is like my home production as much as Ajay as he’s like family to me.”

Recently, Shruti Haasan too walked out of Baadshaho. Reasons Milan, “Shruti is shooting for a couple of South films then which is why she doesn’t have dates. I will have a start-to-finish schedule from February-May in North India. Once I complete Baadshaho, Ajay will complete the remaining portions of Shivaay from May onwards. There will be a few casting changes and lot of additions. There’s no stress with anyone at all.”