Richa Chaddha makes news for her
mismanaged dates again. On many occasions prior to this , stories about her
dates have been published in leading newspapers. This time it is Indian born
British producer Michael Ward who has taken a stand and moved on from Richa who
was cast in his film Bombairiya.
Bombairiya was touted by Richa to be
her 'international project'. However, the producer was quick to clarify that
Bombairiya was Infact an out and out Bollywood film.
Said Michael, 'We have had to move
our schedule twice to accommodate Richa's new commitments. After shifting
around dates for the second time and moving our schedule to mid December to
accommodate Pooja Bhatt's film with Richa, we were suddenly informed that we
would not have enough dates to shoot with Richa as she had committed her dates
to Excel as of Mid January and that she would be shooting for that film for
five months! Bombairiya is our first production here and we have timelines to
adhere to as well. Pia Sukanya the director and I took a collective call to let
Richa go and start the recasting process. Due to her management playing havoc
with our schedules, the schedules of other actors and technicians attached to
the film have been affected too. We now start shooting in Mid April when we are
able to get all the other actors combined dates.'
Adds Michael, 'while Richa's
management claims that we had not signed a contract, fact remains that we could
not sign a contract since our dates kept getting pushed around. Despite this we
did give her a signing amount and have decided to let her keep it in
appreciation of her time. I wish Richa the best and hope her representatives
take better care of her date management in the future.'
Richa had the industry abuzz when she gave away dates allocated to
Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Ram-Leela to Pooja Bhatt. However, given that
Bombairiya's producers had warned Richa's management that she would have to be
re-cast unless all of January 2015 was made available, it would be fair to say
that she has been dropped from the film.
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