Controversy movie. Review on Fitoor

Abhishek Kapoor’s “Fitoor”, his ambitious Bollywood adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel “Great Expectations”, suffered a blow as veteran actress Rekha, who was cast as Miss Havisham, has walked out of the film. The 60-year-old Bollywood diva was apparently not happy with the way her role had shaped up in the movie. But there is not much clarity on what prompted the actress to leave the film after most of the shooting was already complete. “Haider” star Tabu has replaced Rekha in the film that centres around Katrina Kaif and Aditya Roy Kapur’s characters. “Tabu has given some incredible performances in ‘Maqbool’, ‘The Namesake’ and ‘Haider’ to name a few. She is an actress who has always accepted challenges and I am honoured to have her in my film, ” Kapoor said in a statement without commenting on Rekha’s exit.

This is not the first time that the film has been embroiled in controversy. Earlier, Kapoor wanted his “Kai Po Che” star Sushant Singh Rajput to play the male lead but that did not materialise.  The film is produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur and directed by Abhishek Kapoor, and is based on Charles Dickens’ novel Great Expectations. It stars Tabu(replaced Rekha), Aditya Roy Kapur and Katrina Kaif in leading roles. The film is scheduled for release on 12 February 2016.