Did Hrithik Roshan refuse to shoot Vikram Vedha in UP, move production to UAE? Producer clarifies

Vikram Vedha's co-producer Reliance Entertainment issued a clarification on reports of Hrithik Roshan influencing the film's budget by moving the production to UAE after refusing to shoot in UP.

Vikram Vedha producers have issued a clarification on reports that the film's budget doubled due to Hrithik Roshan's demands. Some recent media reports claimed that the actor, who plays the gangster Vedha in the action thriller, had asked for a film set depicting Uttar Pradesh in UAE instead of filming it in the state itself.

Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan with Vikram Vedha's directors Pushkar and Gayathri.

Reliance Entertainment, who co-produced the film, released a statement on Monday to deny these reports. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared the statement on his Twitter account, in which Reliance Entertainment confirmed filming in Abu Dhabi but referred to the reports as 'misleading.'

The statement read, "We have been noticing a lot of misleading and totally unsubstantiated reporting on Vikram Vedha shooting locations. We clearly want to state that Vikram Vedha has been shot extensively in India, including Lucknow. A portion of the film was shot in the United Arab Emirates in October-November of 2021 since it was the only location providing the infrastructure for a bio-bubble that accommodated crew of such scale, also allowing building of sets in a studio during the preceding months of the shoot."

Reliance Entertainment issues clarification on Vikram Vedha budget.

Vikram Vedha is the Hindi remake of the 2017 Tamil hit of the same name which starred R Madhavan as Vikram and Vijay Sethupathi as Vedha. The remake which is due for theatrical release on September 30 stars Saif Ali Khan as Vikram and Hrithik as Vedha. Both the films are helmed by director duo Pushkar-Gayathri.