Controversy continues regarding the sudden exit of veteran actor Akshay Khanna from Drishyam 3. The makers of the film had also made many allegations against Akshay. He had described Akshay’s exit as unprofessional and toxic behaviour. Now the film’s director Abhishek Pathak has reacted regarding this.

Jaideep Ahlawat is not replacing Akshay

Let us tell you that there were also reports that Jaideep Ahlawat is replacing Akshay in the film. Abhishek reacted to this also. He said, ‘No Jaideep is not replacing Akshay Khanna. I am writing a new character. Ajay Devgan has left everything completely to me. This is more than me, Akshay and production. So I want to leave this to how we deal with this.

Akshay Khanna left the film 5 days ago

He further said, ‘This started after the contract was signed in November. He left the film 5 days before the film went on floors. His look was locked. Costumes were made. The narration was done. He liked the story very much. My film starts from where the previous film ended. It is not possible that in the afternoon you are without hair and in the evening you are seen with hair. I was explaining this point to him and he was trying to convince him. After a few days he again brought the same so we said let’s see.

Abhishek said, ‘I don’t want to talk about the money, how much fee he was signed for. The fees were again negotiated and we reached a figure that we agreed upon. After this the contract was signed and then the whole drama started.