Paresh Rawal announced his exit from ‘Hera Pheri 3’ which left the film in trouble. This came as a huge shock to Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty and director Priyadarshan. Akshay’s production house has bought the rights of the film, thus, a lawsuit was filed against Paresh for his sudden exit after taking a signing amount of Rs 11 lakh and agreeing to be a part of the film. While this matter is still subjudice, Rawal’s legal team has said in response to allegations made by the legal team of Akshay’s production house, “They did not deliver the story, screenplay and also a draft of a long form agreement which was fundamental to the engagement of our client.”This whole dispute takes us back to the time when Deepika Padukone had walked out of ‘Race 2’ after signing the contract and left the film after shooting for six days. Producer Ramesh Taurani had filed a lawsuit against the actress. Taurani had said that time in 2012, that Deepika’s behaviour was ‘unethical, unprofessional and unacceptable’ He had also filed a lawsuit against the star as she left his film after signing the contract and after the shoot began.He had also stated that this is also unfair to the other actors in the film. He had said in an interview with Mumbai Mirror in 2012, “On that day, people kept calling me asking whether Deepika was out of Race 2. I was clueless. I called her and asked her. She simply said that she would come to my office by 5 pm with her new manager to work out everything. At around 3 pm, she called to say that she wouldn’t be able to keep the appointment. However, her manager would be present on her behalf. Finally, when the manager arrived, he simply told me that Deepika wouldn’t be able to do our film. And that’s because she is doing a major Hollywood project. Now imagine!”Taurani had said, “I have been a part of the Hindi cinema industry for 25 years. I have made several blockbusters. I have worked with famous actresses like Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Katrina Kaif, Vidya Balan and Kareena Kapoor. But I have never faced a situation like this before.”In an interview with The Times of India, the producer said further, “I had no choice but to file a complaint against her in the AMPTPP and CINTAA. I am deeply saddened by this unprofessional behaviour.”A close friend of Deepika had shared a statement with Mumbai Mirror and reacted to Taurani saying, “Constant delays are the reason Deepika can’t do Race 2. When the first delay happened, she adjusted her dates and shot for two days. But then again, she was informed that the dates were being changed. She would have liked to do the film but she couldn’t accommodate the new set of dates. She has conveyed her apologies to Ramesh Taurani. She had liked the script but unfortunately is not able to juggle her dates any longer.”Eventually, while Taurani filed a complaint against the actress, she had no choice but to be a part of ‘Race 2’.However, recently, when ETimes got in touch with Taurani to get a comment on this ‘Hera Pheri 3’ dispute, reminding him of this issue with Deepika, he refused to get into the past. He shared that all’s well that ends well and now he shares a good rapport with the actress. They have nothing against each other.He just commented on ‘Hera Pheri 3’ dispute and told us, “All I want to say is that, mainly when the artist signs the agreement, takes the signing amount and commits his dates and everything, I think he shouldn’t go back off, that’s not correct.That is not ethical. Whatever the reason may be, but it shouldn’t be done.”
