This top TV actor lost a big film, was replaced by a star kid, earned only Rs 8 crore in a budget of Rs 40 crore, name is…, film is…
There are dozens of such films in Bollywood in which stars replace each other. However, some of those films become huge hits at the box office, while some are wiped out within a week. Today we are going to tell you about one such film, in which the mother of a big TV actor claimed that her son was supposed to be cast in this film, but he was replaced by a big star kid. However, that film proved to be the biggest flop at the box office.
This often happens in Bollywood when an actor is replaced by another actor in a film. Sometimes this change proves beneficial for the film, and sometimes not. Today, we are going to tell you about one such film, in which a big TV actor was first cast, but later he was removed and a star kid was cast. The interesting thing is that this film flopped badly at the box office, and all the hopes of the makers were shattered.
You will also be surprised to hear the name of this film, because this film was released this year and went away after causing a big loss to the makers. We are talking about none other than 'Azad', which is going to hit the theatres on 17 January 2025, for which TV actor Siddharth Nigam was initially selected. This claim was made by Siddharth's mother herself in a recent interview. She said that she had gone to the meeting of film screening with her son, and the entire script was also narrated and she was happy.
She said that she was confident that this film would give a great start to her son's career. But after some time, it was revealed that someone else had been cast in the film. Siddharth's mother said that she had waited for this film for almost a year. When, after two year,s her son showed her the poster of the film, she was shocked. She saw that Ajay Devgn's nephew Aman Devgan and Raveena Tandon's daughter Rasha Thadani were seen in the poster. She was very sad at that time.
However, Siddharth also did not say anything about this. He said that when he saw the teaser of the film, he understood that it is better to move forward now. Currently, Siddharth is in the news for his new web show 'Hai Junoon', in which people are liking his work very much and he is in the headlines again. At the same time, if we talk about this film, then this film directed by Abhishek Kapoor earned only 8 crores in a budget of 40 crores and it became the biggest flop film of 2025.
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