Farhan Akhtar’s upcoming Lucknow Central movie is currently in the news for signing up Saiyami Kher over Kriti Sanon. Earlier, it was reported that Kriti Sanon has been finalized for the movie, but now she has been replaced by Saiyami Kher. Kriti even looked excited about her role in the crime drama to be released next year, but as per reports, she has opted out due to her unavailability.
The Lucknow Central movie is produced under Nikkhil Advani’s production that cast Farhan Akhtar opposite Saiyami Kher. Now, Kriti is out of the movie and Saiyami has been finalized. The Lucknow Central movie was supposed to hit the silver screens on January 4, 2017. However, Nikhil Advani says that the film was originally doing a great work, but got delayed due to some production issues. This impacted directly to Kriti who had already given her dates in the month of January. Now, after the film is further delayed, Kriti had no option but to pull her name back.
Lucknow Central Movie is going to be a crime drama with new star casts
After the mishap occurred in the middle, the filmmakers had left with no choice. They felt like being cheated. But it’s not the case. As the time period was limited, so they didn’t take a chance and started taking auditions for Lucknow Central movie. The auditions were organized on a small basis by arranging a limited number of girls for auditions. After several rounds of auditions, the filmmakers finally spotted Saiyami Kher as the most fit for the role. She was then finally selected for the movie after Ranjit Tiwari (director) finally satisfied with her performance.
Whereas Kriti Sanon will be next seen in another movie by the name ‘Raabta’ opposite Sushant Singh Rajput. When Mid Day contacted Nikkhil for the recent developments, he didn’t respond to the messages and calls or in any other way. However, when they directly reached out to Ranjit, they got a negative reply. However, it has been confirmed that Kriti is out from the the Lucknow Central movie.