Abhishek Bachchan speaks on backing out from JP Dutta's Paltan

Abhishek Bachchan was roped in for JP Dutta's war film "Paltan". But, later on, due to unknown reason, the actor backed out of the film.

Related to it, JP's daughter Nidhi Dutta stated, "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."

However, a source had earlier said to a leading daily, "Abhishek was quite kicked about Paltan. However, he realised after a while that Sonu Sood had more screen space than him. That bothered him considerably. When he discussed his apprehensions with Dutta, he told him that while Sonu had more screen time, it was Abhishek who had a better character written for him. Dutta could not convince him and he backed out at the end minute."

While, recently when Abhishek was quizzed about the same, he gave the reason to a leading daily, "Sadly, things didn't work out for me, and I couldn't be a part of the film. But he's the best, and I wish him best luck. I'm sure he will make a fantastic movie."

However, reportedly, Abhishek has been replaced by Harshvardhan Rane in "Paltan".

CREDITS: DECCAN CHRONICLES