Salman Khan And Inshallah, Ajay Devgn And Luv Ranjan's Next Meet All The Bollywood Stars Who Opted Out Of Films In 2019

2019 has been an overwhelming year for Bollywood. There have been as many as 14 films that crossed the threshold of 100 crores and we still have the best of the festive season ahead of us. However, the Bollywood actors this year have been busy considering and re-considering their moves in this content dominated universe resulting in many actors walking out of some big Bollywood projects leaving the makers hanging and wondering what to do with their films.

Remember how Priyanka Chopra’s exit from Bharat last year resulted in some major controversies ahead of the film’s release this year?

Well, this year some many celebs including Salman Khan himself walked out of projects putting these film into the back burner. Check out who all refused to do a film after signing the dotted line.

Salman Khan – One tweet with Salman Khan writing that he will not be releasing Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Inshallah, also starring Alia Bhatt, on Eid 2020 and all hell broke loose. The next thing we hear is SLB called off the much-anticipated film. After many media reports claiming that the film has been shelved Salman Khan clarified that the film will happen eventually but without him. Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Alia Bhatt moved on to another project, Gangubai Kothewali, together while Salman Khan confirmed he will be releasing another film with Prabhudeva on Eid.

Shah Rukh Khan – Shah Rukh Khan was clearly disheartened after his last release Zero failed miserably at the box office and instead of moving onto his next project the actor started off the year by backing out of Saare Jahan Se Acha, a film he had already signed. The actor took some time off and has been thinking carefully of what he wants to do next instead of diving into his next Bollywood project. The actor’s name was associated with many films but he cleared the air saying he will announce his next film soon and steered clear from all rumours.

Ajay Devgn – It has been nearly a year and a half since Sonu Ki Titu Ki Sweety director Luv Ranjan announced that his next project will star both Ajay Devgn and Ranbir Kapoor. Ranbir after Saanju has been considerably busy juggling two big projects including Shamshera and Bramhastra putting Luv Ranjan’s next further back in his schedule. Ajay Devgn too has been busy with back to back releases this year and already has a jam packed 2020 with Tanhaji and Chanakya in the making owing to which the actor could not accommodate this film in his schedule and eventually had to opt out of it. Luv Ranjan’s untitled film had also roped in Deepika Padukone and now news is that the filmmaker will be working on a new project with Ranbir and deepika which shelving his Ranbir Ajay project.

Kangana Ranaut – The actress kicked off the year finally releasing her mega project Manikarnika after which she quickly moved on to fulfill other commitments including her sports drama movie Panga with Ashwini Iyer Tiwari and is now working on the Jayalalita biopic, Thalavi. But in between juggling these films, Kangana who had already signed Anurag Basu’s Imali has to back out of the film. Anurag Basu had launched Kangana into Bollywood with Gangster and the actress ensured that there was not bad blood between her and her mentor due to her date issues.

Jackie Shroff – The actor had signed on for John Abraham and Emran Hashmi starrer Mumbai Saga but eventually ended up backing out of the film. The makers are now busy trying to replace the Prasthanam actor in the film which is set in the 80’s and is a gangster drama with Emraan playing a cop and John playing a gangster. Jackie’s reasons for opting out are yet not clear.

Saif Ali Khan – If reports are anything to go by the Laal Kaptaan actor was signed for the Bunty Aur Babli sequel alongside Rani Mukerji who also starred in the original. While there are no real updates on what is happening with the project as Rani is busy with Mardaani 2 and Saif has been wrapping up projects like Jawaani Jaanemann but if reports are anything to go by, Saif has opted out of the Bunty aur Babli sequel and now R. Madhavan has been brought in to replace him.

While it is still unclear what will hapeen to these films, we hope we hear about them soon.