Vivek Agnihotri fires lead actor of his movie: 'His manager was so arrogant’

Vivek Agnihotri said that “middlemen have destroyed more careers than made" in Bollywood. He also asked Mukesh Chhabra to do a workshop to train them.

Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri has revealed that he fired the lead actor of his next film because of his arrogant manager. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Vivek responded to a tweet by casting director Mukesh Chhabra speaking about the "current state of the film industry". (Also Read | Vivek Agnihotri reveals why he declined Oxford Union debate on Kashmir: ‘Felt very offended’)

What Mukesh-Vivek said about Bollywood

Vivek Agnihotri shared a tweet and spoke about Bollywood.

Mukesh wrote on X, “The current state of the film industry: one actor, 200 casting directors, and 15,680 managers. (Folded hands emoji).”

Responding to it, Vivek tweeted, "I had to fire a lead actor last week because his manager was so arrogant and behaved as if he had the prerogative to be like this just because he is an employee of a ‘Huge Celeb’s’ Star Kid Talent Agency’. These middlemen have destroyed more careers than made it. Do a workshop and train these kids, @CastingChhabra."

Vivek recently spoke about his films

Vivek is working on his next project, The Delhi Files. Recently, he told news agency PTI that a significant part of his upcoming film, will focus on undivided Bengal’s violent history, with references to the Noakhali riots of 1946, the Muslim League, Congress, Mahatma Gandhi and Md Ali Jinnah. "There are people who ask why Vivek Agnihotri is not making a film on the situation in the northeastern region. There are so many filmmakers. Let anyone among them take up the task. Let me choose my subject. Can't I create awareness about the issue chosen by me," he had said.