JP Dutta whose specialty is war-based flicks including the
iconic Border is set to tell another war story through Paltan.
The film was firstly going to star Abhishek Bachchan along
with Suniel Shetty, Arjun Rampal, Sonu Sood, Pulkit Samrat, Siddhanth Kapoor,
Gurmeet Chaudhary, Jimmy Sheirgill, Jackie Shroff and Luv Sinha.
But, in a shocking turn of events, Abhishek backed out of
the project.
Speaking about the same was Dutta's daughter Nidhi Dutta who
expressed her shock over Abhishek's unexpected departure from the film. Nidhi
had disclosed, "Abhishek Bachchan is no longer part of Paltan for personal
reasons best known to him. It has come as a shock to us as this happened less
than 24 hours before our unit left to shoot in Ladakh. But we also believe
that; especially in the movies we make, it's the soldiers sitting up there that
choose who will play them and recreate their lives on screen. Nevertheless, we
wish him luck in his future endeavours. We are already in Ladakh filming with
our entire cast and crew and Army personnel. We will announce the actor who is
replacing Abhishek in the film soon."
Now, Harshvardhan Rane, who made his Bollywood debut with
Sanam Teri Kasam (2016) will be replacing Abhishek in Paltan.
Authenticating the news is Nidhi who disclosed, "Yes,
we have signed Harshvardhan Rane for Paltan but it’s too early to divulge
anything about the movie or his role."
Produced by JP Films, Paltan is slated for a summer 2018
release.
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