Kizie Aur Manny: Mukesh Chhabra reacts on Sushant Singh Rajput-Sanjana Sanghi controversy

By Gurpreet Kaur

on August 22, 2018

Casting director Mukesh Chhabra is all set for his directorial debut film, The Fault In Our Stars Hindi adaptation. Starring his close friend Sushant Singh Rajput and Sanjana Sanghi (who was seen briefly in Rockstar, Hindi Medium and Fukrey Returns) in the lead roles, the film kickstarted in Jamshedpur last month. The film is titled Kizie Aur Manny, after its protagonists.

But now in a rather shocking news, a leading daily reported this morning that the film's shoot was stalled due to Sushant Singh Rajput's 'over-friendly' behaviour with co-star Sanjana which did not go down well with her. The daily quoted a source, "Sushant was trying to be ‘extra-friendly’ towards newbie Sanjana Sanghi. On one occasion, she seemed to have got uncomfortable and apparently brought it to the notice of her parents, who reportedly told her to return to the set only if she felt she should. One hears that as of now, shooting has come to a standstill."

Although the news spread like wildfire all across Bollywood, the director of Kizie Aur Manny, took to Twitter to issue a clarification about the issue. He wrote, "All this speculation is a figment of wild imagination. We are shooting in Mumbai for #Kizie और Manny after wrapping the Jamshedpur and Ranchi schedule. Last mile to go with my lead actors."

https://twitter.com/CastingChhabra/status/1032195729845104641

He further added how the film's shoot has been an absolute joyride and the entire cast and crew is committed to making a beautiful film.

Well, all's well that ends well!

Meanwhile, the film is based on a beautiful love story The Fault In Our Stars written by acclaimed author John Green. It was adapted into Hollywood film with the same name, which featured Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort in the lead roles. Woodley featured as Hazel Grace Lancaster, a 16-year-old cancer patient, who is forced by her parents to join a support group. While Elgort plays Augustus Waters, who falls for Hazel Grace.

On the work front, Sushant has wrapped the shoot for Abhishek Kapoor’s Kedarnath opposite Sara Ali Khan and also will be next seen in Son Chiriya opposite Bhumi Pednekar in which he plays a dacoit.