Akshaye Khanna gets legal notice on agreement breach 'Drishyam 3'

Film producer Kumar Mangat Pathak on Saturday said they’ve issued a legal notice to Akshaye Khanna for breach of agreement for the upcoming film, “Drishyam 3”, after the actor refused to be “part of the film via a text message”.

Mangat Pathak said they had signed an agreement with Khanna last month for “Drishyam 3” and the actor was also given advance payment.

He further added that they decided to sign Jaideep Ahlawat on Friday as their shoot was getting affected.

Written and directed by Abhishek Pathak, the film is presented by Star Studio18. It is produced by Alok Jain, Ajit Andhare, Kumar Mangat Pathak and



Abhishek.

“We were working on ‘Drishyam 3′ for two years and Akshaye was aware of this. We had narrated the entire script to him and he had liked it. Before signing the agreement, we negotiated on his acting fee thrice and only after it was okay for both of us, we signed the agreement and gave him the signing amount,” Mangat Pathak, who has earlier backed “Omkara”, “No Smoking”, and “Section 375”, told media.

Khanna and his team were approached for a comment. They are yet to respond to the producer’s claim. Without disclosing the exact signing amount, Mangat Pathak said that he was given “whatever fees he had asked for”, which is three times more than “Drishyam 2”.