Salman Khan’s highly-anticipated two-hero project with Atlee had ignited the craze of a true pan-India film among the masses.
Atlee himself had confirmed the project, along with building massive hype around it owing to Salman’s presence in the film.
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It was even said that Salman had agreed to do the ‘Baby John’ cameo due to the confirmation of this project.
But things quickly fell apart as talks about the project being shelved started to circulate, mainly because of Salman’s declining stardom.
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It was said that Sun Pictures lost its belief in the superstar, leading to him being dropped from the project and, according to some, being replaced with Allu Arjun.
Salman was heavily criticized online for his recent flop streaks and diminishing charm as well.
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Recently a Pinkvilla article by Himesh Mankad has popped up, saying that the project was shelved due to Rajinikanth and Kamal Hassan being unavailable for the same.
The article claimed that while Kamal was uncomfortable playing the role of Salman’s dad, Rajinikanth did not have time until 2026 due to extensive commitments.
It might be possible that Salman’s PR has jumped in for damage control, seeing a significant negative bubble building around the actor’s image.
It will be interesting to see whether these articles will be able to do anything to control Salman’s vanishing star power or if the actor and his team will realise that delivering good performances alone can get him out of this mess.
