Overview

• Agnihotri said John Abraham struggled to deliver more than five lines in rhythm and questioned why producers pay high fees for such performances.
• He cited the on-set breakup of John Abraham and Bipasha Basu as an emotional hurdle during shooting.
• The director criticized UTV’s sidelining of his writing in favor of Anurag Kashyap and described the original script as unstructured scribbles that required a rewrite.
• He argued that Bollywood’s star-driven system empowers underperforming actors to dictate marketing and casting decisions over storytelling.
• Agnihotri made the remarks while promoting his next film, The Bengal Files.