{"id":248919,"date":"2025-12-24T07:43:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T07:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/248919\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T07:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T07:43:11","slug":"akshaye-khanna-walks-out-of-drishyam-3-a-day-after-ranveer-singh-exits-don-3-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/248919\/","title":{"rendered":"Akshaye Khanna walks out of Drishyam 3 a day after Ranveer Singh exits Don 3; read"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"content\">Just yesterday, reports surfaced that actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar\u2019s much-awaited directorial comeback Don 3 had hit a roadblock, with Ranveer Singh bowing out of the project. According to a source quoted by Pinkvilla, the actor \u201cdidn\u2019t want to be seen in back-to-back gangster films.\u201d Now, in a surprising turn, Akshaye Khanna appears to have followed suit, walking out of his next project as well.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot_2025-12-24_112933_1766555982439_1766555991372.png\" alt=\"Akshaye Khanna and Ranveer Singh in Dhurandhar\" title=\"Akshaye Khanna and Ranveer Singh in Dhurandhar\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Akshaye Khanna and Ranveer Singh in DhurandharReport claims Akshaye exits Drishyam 3<\/p>\n<p>According to a report by Bollywood Machine, Akshaye has walked out of Drishyam 3, the highly anticipated sequel to the 2022 blockbuster Drishyam 2. The actor, who recently delivered a major hit with Dhurandhar, is said to have stepped away due to a combination of financial and creative disagreements with the makers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content  0-0-0\">The report adds that Akshaye had demanded a \u201csubstantial hike\u201d in his remuneration following the massive box office success of Dhurandhar. Apart from the monetary concerns, he allegedly sought notable changes to his on-screen appearance for Drishyam 3, which reportedly led to friction during pre-production discussions. Apparently, the negotiations reached a deadlock, with neither party willing to compromise. As a result, Akshaye decided to bow out of the project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content  0-0-0\">While neither the actor nor the production team has issued an official statement yet, news of his exit has already generated buzz online, especially after Ranveer&#8217;s departure from Don 3. <\/p>\n<p>About Akshaye Khanna&#8217;s role in Dhurandhar<\/p>\n<p>In the Aditya Dhar-directed spy thriller Dhurandhar, Akshaye Khanna delivers what many are calling a career-defining performance as Rehman Dakait. As the cold and calculated leader of the Baloch Gang and founder of the People&#8217;s Aman Committee, Akshaye&#8217;s portrayal has been hailed as one of Bollywood\u2019s best this year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just yesterday, reports surfaced that actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar\u2019s much-awaited directorial comeback Don 3 had hit a roadblock, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248920,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[104090,129712,106354,85338,18,117,27809,19,17,327,3825],"class_list":{"0":"post-248919","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-akshaye-khanna","9":"tag-akshaye-khannas-role-in-dhurandhar","10":"tag-don-3","11":"tag-drishyam-3","12":"tag-eire","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-farhan-akhtar","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-movies","18":"tag-ranveer-singh"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115773427694106956","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}