Drishyam 3: Jaideep Ahlawat Is BETTER Than Akshaye Khanna, Claims Producer Kumar Mangat Pathak

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Khanna earned a lot of praises with her performance in Aditya Dhar's Dhurandhar, release on December 5. While playing the villain in the film, alongside Ranveer Singh and Sanjay Dutt, the actor has successfully a lot in the massive box office collection. But, new updates came out this morning that Jaideep Ahlawat has replaced him in the upcoming Drishyam 3, as confirmed by producer Kumar Mangat Pathak. During the interview, he had called Ahlawat better actor as compared to Khanna. This came after his statement on Akshaye Khanna went viral earlier today where he claimed that, 'If Akshaye does a solo film, it won’t even collect Rs. 50 crores in India.'

Producer calls Jaideep Ahlawat better than Akshaye Khanna

While talking to Bollywood Hungama, Kumar Mangat Pathak mentioned, "Drishyam is a very big brand. It doesn’t matter whether he is in the film or not. Now, Jaideep Ahlawat has replaced him. By the grace of God, we have got a better actor than Akshaye, and most importantly, we have got a better person than Akshaye as well. I had produced one of the first films of Jaideep's career, Aakrosh."Earlier today while talking to the same media portal, the producer broke his silence on Akshaye's beliefs that Dhurandhar and Chhava, Vicky Kaushal lead film, are working because of him. On his, Kumar said, "If Akshaye does a solo film, it won’t even collect Rs. 50 crores in India. Forget the lifetime, if he thinks he has become a superstar, then he should try mounting a superstar budget film with some studio and see who greenlights his film with that kind of budget. Some actors do ensemble cast films and after those movies become big hits, they start thinking that they are the star. That’s exactly what has happened with him. He thinks he’s a superstar now. Success has gone into his head. He told us, ‘Dhurandhar is working because of me’. He needs to understand that multiple factors worked in favour of Dhurandhar.” The came after Kumar mentioned that Akshaye demanded more money after the success of Dhurandhar.