Not
so
long
ago,
filmmaker
Shekhar
Kapur
had
mentioned
in
an
interview
that
Aditya
Chopra
had
shelved
Paani,
which
was
supposed
to
feature
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
in
the
lead
role,
because
of
the
late
actor.
He
had
said
that
Sushant
cried
a
lot
when
Paani
was
shelved
abruptly.
"Paani,
producers
ne
kaha,
'Hum
nahi
banayenge
Sushant
ke
saath.
Paani
nahi
banegi.'
Kuch
aur
film
koshish
karke
bana
leta,
woh
nahi
kiya.
Main
bahar
chala
gaya
Hindustan
se
gussa
hokar," said
Kapur.
Now,
a
source
close
to
YRF
tells
an
entertainment
portal,
that
Aditya
Chopra
didn't
shelve
Paani
because
of
Sushant,
but
Mr
Kapur.
Bollywood
Hungama
quoted
a
source
as
saying,
"Please
ask
him
why
Aditya
Chopra
said,
'Paani
nahin
banegi
Sushant
ke
saath.'
It
was
nothing
personal
against
Sushant.
The
truth
was,
after
more
than
a
year
of
prepping,
Shekhar
had
not
shown
Aditya
Chopra,
even
a
word
of
the
script.
It
was
all
just
talk,
talk
and
talk."
The
source
further
added,
"In
the
meanwhile,
the
numbers
being
shown
by
Shekhar
for
the
budget
of
Paani
were
way
beyond
what
had
been
originally
discussed.
Aditya
Chopra
said,
'We
cannot
make
this
film
with
Sushant
at
the
budget
that
you
are
showing.
For
that
kind
of
money,
we
need
Shah
Rukh
Khan.'
It
was
as
though
Aditya
didn't
want
to
make
Paani
with
Sushant.
But
the
budget
that
Shekhar
showed
was
not
practical
for
a
Sushant
starrer."
On
a
related
note,
Aditya
Chopra
was
also
called
to
Bandra
police
station
to
record
his
statement
with
respect
to
Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
sudden
demise.
The
actor
died
by
suicide
on
June
14
and
since
then,
many
industry
people
including
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali,
have
recorded
their
statements
with
the
police.