Did Hrithik Roshan refuse to shoot ‘Vikram Vedha’ in UP? Here’s the truth directly from makers of film

Tribune Web Desk

Chandigarh, July 4

Hrithik Roshan-Saif Ali Khan-starrer Vikram Vedha has continued to pique the curiosity of their fans. Last month the team wrapped its shoot and now the film landed in a controversy with reports stating that Hrithik Roshan refused to shoot the film in UP. There are claims that that the film’s budget soared because of Hrithik’s demand. According to some reports, the shooting location of the upcoming neo-noir action thriller, 'Vikram Vedha', was changed from Uttar Pradesh to Dubai at the behest of Hrithik Roshan.

Now, Reliance Entertainment, who co-produced the film, has issued a clarification.

The company says only a small portion of the film was shot in the UAE back in October-November of 2021 as it was the only location that provided the infrastructure for a bio-bubble for a large-scale film like Vikram Vedha.

Reliance Entertainment, in a statement said, "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 the 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.”

The company also added, "We chose to do that out of health and protocol concerns. Any attempt to twist these sets of facts are clearly mischievous and untruthful."

Here's the statement issued by Reliance Entertainment:

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— Reliance Entertainment (@RelianceEnt) July 4, 2022

The makers further mentioned in their statement, "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 centralised prerogative."

Vikram Vedha, based on the Indian folktale, ‘Vikram aur Betal’, is a story of a tough police officer who sets out to track down and hunt a menacing gangster. A remake of 2017 Tamil hit by the same name, it is directed by Pushkar and Gayatri and produced by S. Sashikanth and Bhushan Kumar.

While the original starred R Madhavan as Vikram and Vijay Sethupathi as Vedha, we will see Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan playing gangsters in this one. It also stars Radhika Apte, Rohit Saraf, Yogita Bihani, Sharib Hashmi and Satyadeep Mishra.

'Vikram Vedha', began filming in October 2021 and is to release on September 30.

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