Aditya Pancholi Takes Indirect Dig At Anil Kapoor, Claims Being Replaced In Tezaab By Actor With Influential Brother

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Pancholi shared a social media post, claiming he was thrown out of N Chandra's Tezaab (1988) by an actor's influential brother. Bollywood fans are convinced that the actor has taken an indirect dig at Anil Kapoor, who starred in the hit film opposite Madhuri Dixit. His older brother, Boney Kapoor, is a producer. Aditya continued to share more cryptic clues as he responded to fans' comments. Check what went down on X.

Aditya Pancholi reveals he was original choice for N Chandra's Tezaab

Taking to X (formerly Twitter), the actor posted, "I was the original choice for Tezaab (1988), opposite @MadhuriDixit. Director N. Chandra, still very much around can confirm this. Unfortunately, an actor, through his elder brother (who remains active in the industry), influenced the director to replace me. The rest, as they say, is history."

Referring to Harshvardhan Rane's recent speech about nepotism after a screening of his new film Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat, Aditya added, "Recently, I saw an #Actor speak about nepotism while promoting his new release. Let me say this clearly: Politics in the film industry runs deeper than #Nepotism ,Favouritism, manipulation, and power games shape careers more than family ties ever could."ALSO READ: Harshvardhan Rane's BIG Statement On Thamma, Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat Success: Bollywood Se Nepotism Khatam Kar Diya

Aditya Pancholi continued to drop more hints about Tezaab star

Responding to fans in the comments, the Yes Boss actor became more cryptic about the identity of who replaced him in Tezaab. One fan wrote about Anil Kapoor and shared, "But you two eventually worked together in Musafir. Was there any animosity on set sir? There was the whole Trimurti fiasco also. And I’ve also heard he wanted to have u in Virasat. Is that also true?" Aditya replied, "I will write about Trimurti another time. Thanks."

Yet another fan wrote, "That’s such an honest take. People often talk about nepotism, but the real story is how power, influence, and silent politics decide who gets a shot. Respect for speaking the truth with grace." Aditya responded, "Thank you Hemant. We should have courage to call spade a spade."