{"id":22920,"date":"2025-12-26T06:28:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T06:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2025\/12\/26\/exclusive-the-surprising-truth-behind-akshaye-khannas-departure-from-drishyam-3-a-%e2%82%b921-crore-fee-and-beyond\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T06:28:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T06:28:26","slug":"exclusive-the-surprising-truth-behind-akshaye-khannas-departure-from-drishyam-3-a-%e2%82%b921-crore-fee-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2025\/12\/26\/exclusive-the-surprising-truth-behind-akshaye-khannas-departure-from-drishyam-3-a-%e2%82%b921-crore-fee-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: The Surprising Truth Behind Akshaye Khanna\u2019s Departure from Drishyam 3 \u2013 A \u20b921 Crore Fee and Beyond!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>A few days ago, the team behind the much-awaited film <strong>Drishyam 3<\/strong> announced that it will hit theaters on <strong>October 2, 2026<\/strong>. The announcement mentioned popular actors like <strong>Ajay Devgn<\/strong>, <strong>Tabu<\/strong>, <strong>Shriya Saran<\/strong>, and <strong>Rajat Kapoor<\/strong>. However, fans noted that <strong>Akshaye Khanna&#8217;s<\/strong> name was not listed, which raised questions. After his success in <strong>Dhurandhar<\/strong>, many were eager to see him return for the next installment, especially after his strong performance in <strong>Drishyam 2<\/strong> (2022). <\/p>\n<p>Reports have now surfaced that Khanna left the project due to disagreements over his fee. According to sources, he had asked for <strong>Rs. 21 crores<\/strong> from the filmmakers, citing his recent success as a reason for the increase. The makers were surprised by the demand, explaining that such a high fee could push the budget beyond limits. Khanna believed he deserved the amount, as his presence would likely boost the film\u2019s excitement.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, there were reports of other disagreements between Khanna and the filmmakers. For instance, he suggested wearing a wig for his role, while the producers preferred he stick to his look from the second film.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, when the discussions didn\u2019t go as Khanna hoped, he chose to step away from <strong>Drishyam 3<\/strong>. However, both sides parted amicably, with hopes of collaborating in the future when the terms are more aligned.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago, the team behind the much-awaited film Drishyam 3 announced that it will hit theaters on October 2, 2026. The announcement mentioned popular actors like Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Shriya Saran, and Rajat Kapoor. However, fans noted that Akshaye Khanna&#8217;s name was not listed, which raised questions. After his success in Dhurandhar, many<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1226,2550,4710,8011,514,29216,5401],"class_list":["post-22920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bollywood","tag-ajay-devgn","tag-akshaye-khanna","tag-dhurandhar","tag-drishyam-3","tag-news","tag-shriya-saran","tag-tabu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}