The controversies surrounding Housefull 4 just don’t seem to end! Housefull is one of the most commercially successful franchises in Bollywood and also boasts of an ensemble cast. The franchise has had 3 successful installments and the makers are working on the 4th installment but their troubles just don’t seem to end!
While the now much controversial director Sajid Khan had directed the first and second franchises, Housefull 3 was directed by writer-filmmaker duo Sajid-Farhad. Housefull 4 is touted to be the biggest in the series so far. Earlier there were reports that Sanjay Dutt had been replaced in the film by Nana Patekar as Sanjay and producer Sajid Nadiadwala had a fallout. Then after that came the #MeToo movement where Nana Patekar was accused of molestation by actress Tanushree Dutta. Thereafter reports about the director, Sajid Khan’s misbehavior with several women came out in the open. The actors of Housefull 4 refused to work with him so he was replaced by director Farhad Samji.
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That’s not all, the makers have now replaced Nana Patekar too! Actor Rana Daggubati has reportedly replaced actor Nana in Housefull 4. The Baahubali actor is in Mumbai currently and looks like he’s happy to be back in Bollywood. He earlier tweeted; “Heading to the sets of Housefull 4. Shooting in Mumbai after a very long time!!
He also told a leading newspaper that he feels it is good to find work outside of Hyderabad as one gets to learn so much and do so many new things. He also expressed his excitement on working on a film like Housefull 4 and said that he’s never been part of a genre like Housefull and it’s always exciting to work with different genres. Rana and Akshay Kumar have earlier worked together in Neeraj Pandey’s 2015 action-spy thriller Baby but this will be the first time he will be working with the rest of the cast which includes; Riteish Deshmukh, Bobby Deol, Kriti Sanon, Kriti Kharbanda and Pooja Hegde. Rana is reportedly playing the role of a ghazal singer in the film!
Get set to watch the mighty Baahubali in a different softer avatar!
