Lisa Haydon's movie 'Atithi' was to go on floors this September, starring her in the lead role, along with Paresh Rawal, Tanvi Azmi and Kartik Aryan in pivotal roles. But apparntly, Lisa Haydon unceremoniously walked out of the movie, and the reason most probably being her marriage with her boyfriend Dino Lalvani, that she recently announced to public on social media.
The director of the movie, Abhishek Pathak, is allegedly planning to sue Haydon fo such unprofessional behaviour. He said: “We had locked Lisa for the role, exchanged contracts and even got her visa ready. The set was ready in Filmalaya studio but we got a call from her manager 10 days before the schedule that Lisa wasn’t interested in doing the film anymore. Suddenly, I hear from someone that she’s getting married which is why she can’t do our film. We had everything ready, from visas for the entire crew to locations. Now all that money is down the drain. My crew’s work permit visa is valid only for a limited period so I don’t know what to do now.”
He said the actress had been making unreasonable demands lately: “One day she told me that she couldn’t lip-sync for any of the songs. She was aware that it’s a commercial film and it would have songs but we complied, agreeing to go ahead with it.”
He further added: “These people come from abroad and don’t understand how people put in effort, sweat and blood to make a film. We shouldn’t be entertaining people who don’t understand the value of money that a producer puts into a film. The contract was handed over to her team long ago but they kept delaying signing it because she had other plans. Her agency had stated multiple times in mails that she was doing our film; she had sent us her passport details for the London schedule as well. We had already locked dates of senior actors like Pareshji and Tanviji, my London crew had been booked. We’re taking legal action against Lisa. Her talent management agency should take responsibility for this mess.”
The movie is to now go on floors on October 20 while the makers are look for a new actress to play the lead role.
