Vivek Agnihotri fires lead actor because of his manager’s arrogance

Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri recently shared that he had to dismiss a leading Bollywood actor due to an issue with his manager. Agnihotri shared on social media that the manager’s arrogant behaviour led to this decision. He mentioned that the manager worked for a well-known star kid’s talent agency, but did not disclose the names of the actor or the manager.
The incident came to light after casting director Mukesh Chhabra commented on the large number of people involved in managing actors today. “The current state of the film industry: one actor, 200 casting directors, and 15,680 managers (sic),” the casting director shared on X.
Agnihotri responded, sharing his experience of having to let go of the actor due to the manager’s attitude, and criticised such middlemen for harming more careers than helping. He wrote, “I had to fire a lead actor last week because his manager was so arrogant and behaved as if he had the prerogative to be like this just because he is an employee of a ‘Huge Celeb’s’ Star Kid Talent Agency’. These middlemen have destroyed more careers than made it. Do a workshop and train these kids (sic).”
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Agnihotri is currently working on his next film, The Delhi Files, which is expected to start production this year and release next year. He has stated that the film will not feature big stars, but will focus on strong content. The Delhi Files will complete a trilogy with The Tashkent Files (2019) and The Kashmir Files (2022). Agnihotri has also announced his next project after The Delhi Files, titled Parva, which will be based on a Kannada novel by S. L. Bhyrappa.