Overview
- Reports say Excel Entertainment is demanding roughly Rs 40 crore from Ranveer Singh after his exit from Don 3, citing sunk development and planning costs.
- Ranveer’s camp maintains he left for creative reasons after repeatedly requesting script changes and argues he is not contractually liable to pay.
- A two‑hour meeting between the actor and Excel ended without a breakthrough, and the Producers Guild of India has since convened closed‑door sessions to mediate.
- Accounts from those meetings describe competing narratives, with Ranveer’s side alleging Excel explored Hrithik Roshan as a replacement and Excel countering that scripts were shared and approved at stages.
- A new report says Ranveer cited his unpaid preparation for the shelved Baiju Bawra and a hypothetical Shah Rukh Khan return as precedents to contest liability, while Don 3 pre‑production remains paused and, per trade reports, Farhan Akhtar is focusing short‑term on Jee Le Zaraa.