Abhishek Kapoor’s Fitoor, a Bollywood adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel Great Expectations, suffered a blow as veteran actress Rekha, who was cast as Miss Havisham, walked out of the film.
The 60-year-old actress was apparently not happy with the way her role had shaped up in the movie. But there is not much clarity on what prompted the actress to leave the film after most of the shooting had already been done.
Haider star Tabu has replaced Rekha in the film that centres around Katrina Kaif and Aditya Roy Kapoor’s characters.
“Tabu has given some incredible performances in Maqbool, The Namesake and Haider to name a few. She is an actress who has always accepted challenges and I am honoured to have her in my film,” Kapoor said in a statement without commenting on Rekha’s exit.
UTV too chose to keep mum about the reason behind Rekha’s sudden departure from the project, even though a lot of initial publicity of the movie centred around her presence in the film.
“Tabu is a performance powerhouse and after our association with her on The Namesake and most recently on Haider, we are looking forward to working with her again on Fitoor,” said Amrita Pandey from UTV in a statement.
This is not the first time that the film has had casting trouble. Earlier, Kapoor wanted his Kai Po Che star Sushant Singh Rajput to play the male lead but that did not materialise.
