Did Hrithik Roshan refuse to shoot for Vikram Vedha in UP? Makers issue clarification

Ever since it was announced that the 2017 Tamil action thriller Vikram Vedha is getting a remake in Hindi with Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan in the lead, it has been one of the most talked about projects in Bollywood. Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan step into the shoes of Vijay Sethupathi and R Madhavan respectively from the 2017 Vikram Vedha in the Hindi remake.

 

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A few days ago, reports did round on the internet that Hrithik had refused to shoot the film in UP and had asked the makers to shift the location to Dubai that in turn had skyrocketed the film’s budget. There was no official confirmation or denial by the makers or the actor yet, but this morning Reliance Entertainment issued a clarification regarding the same.

 

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The statement issued on social media read, “We have been noticing a lot of misleading and totally unsubstantiated reporting on Vikram Vedha shooting locations. We clearly want to state that Vikram Vedha has been shot extensively in India, including Lucknow. A portion of the film was shot in United Arab Emirates in October-November of 2021 since it was the only location providing the infrastructure for a bio-bubble that accommodated crew of such scale, also allowing building of sets in a studio during the preceding months of the shoot. We chose to do that out of health and protocol concerns. Any attempt to twist these set of facts are clearly mischievous and untruthful.”

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The statement also indirectly rubbished rumours of Hrithik having a hand in the matter of choosing the shoot location. “Also we would like to emphatically state that at Reliance Entertainment while we welcome suggestions from creative talent, the production and budgetary decisions are a centralized prerogative,” the statement read further.

 

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Vikram Vedha is presented by Gulshan Kumar, T-Series Films and Reliance Entertainment in association with Friday Filmworks and YNOT Studios. The directorial duo Pushkar & Gayatri, who were at the helm of the 2017 Tamil original are heading the remake too. It is produced by S. Sashikanth and Bhushan Kumar. Along with Hrithik and Saif, the film also features Radhika Apte, Rohit Saraf, Yogita Bihani, Sharib Hashmi and Satyadeep Mishra. Vikram Vedha commenced filming in October 2021, and after various schedules the film’s principal photography has been successfully completed. It is set to have a worldwide theatrical release on September 30, 2022.

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