Mirror had earlier reported (May 24) about three members of the technical team, production designers Amit Ray and Subrata Chakraborty, DoP Ravi K Chandran and costume designer Payal Saluja exiting Vidya Balan's upcoming period drama Begum Jaan, the Hindi remake of Srijit Mukherji's Rajkahini, over budget issues. Payal has now been replaced by Rick Roy who has to make an entire wardrobe in just a fortnight. “I'm used to crazy timelines, it's a challenge,“ he says.

He insists he hasn't faced any monetary issues so far. “The Bhatts have been nice and agreed to everything I asked for. Besides, getting to work with Srijit and Vidya on a film like this is already worth more than anything anyone can pay,“ the designer argues.

He hasn't seen the original. “Srijit didn't want me to be inspired or influenced. He wanted my take on Begum and the other characters to be based on the script. Besides that film was set in post-Partition Bengal while ours is rooted in Punjab,“ Rick signs off.