2014 Rewind: Big-ticket Bollywood films that failed to go on floors

Filmmaking is primarily divided into three stages preproduction production and postproduction At any given point of time a film can get stuck in any of the three stages And this is not peculiar only to Hindi film industry as cinema across the globe faces problems in one form or the other Closer home there were a number of films that were announced in 2014 but simply failed to go on floor There are different reasons for different films with some witnessing actors walking out while others had creative issues and some were announced probably to catch a coveted release date All in all at least half a dozen bigticket films simply couldnt take off this year as hitlist notesShuddhiLowdown Karan Malhotras film starring Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor was slated to start by the end of this yearKareena Kapoor stepped out of Karan Malhotras Shuddhi long before rumours about Hrithik Roshan quitting the film started floating aroundThough rumours of Bebo abandoning the the project started floating around but Hrithiks announcement of opting out of the project did come as a shock given the actors track record Producer Karan Johar did approach a number of actors to play the lead role in the film and finally zeroed in on Salman Khan As of today the film will only go on floors in 2015 as both the director as well as the actor are busy with other projects Karan has started shooting for Hindi adaptation of Hollywood Warrior titled Brothers with Siddharth Malhotra and Akshay Kumar while Salman is busy with Kabir Khans and Sooraj Barjatyas film KJo had earlier announced Shuddhi release for Christmas 2015 which was clashing with Sanjay Leela Bhansalis Bajirao Mastani has now moved his release date to Diwali 2016PaaniLowdown One of Shekhar Kapurs most ambitious projects has still not taken off The film was first slated to start in June which was probably the reason why Sushant Singh Rajput lost Abhishek Kapoors Fitoor to Aditya Roy Kapur Around June it was rumoured that the shooting will start in December as the film is likely to have an international cast but the last month of the year is here but is there is still no sign of the film Interestingly SSR has already started preparing himself to play Dhoni in a biopic More interestingly Kapur has announced his television directorial debut with Damien which is the followup to classic horror film The Omen We hear the film might go on floor in June 2015RaeesLowdown Rahul Dholakias Raees was to hit the sets in September itself this year But that didnt go according to the plan due to unavoidable circumstances It will now start in February 2015 Initially there were reports that Raees was to go on floor but Shah Rukh Khan already started shooting for Yashraj Films Fan The actor who plays a bootlegger in the film was to have Farhan Akhtar playing the cop in the film but with the films delay and dates clashing with the shooting of Rock On 2 the actor as well as the director opted out of the project The leading actress is likely to be a new faceSingh is BlingLowdown An announcement was made in the media in July this year along with the release date of this film in July 2015Singh is Bling starring Akshay Kumar and Kriti Sanon was supposed to go on the floors in 2014Times passing and the forthcoming movie is yet to start working so the release date has been shifted to October 2015 To be directed by choreographerturneddirector Prabhu Dheva the film stars Akshay Kumar Kriti Sanon and Rajpal Yadav Jayantilal Gada and Akkis home production Grazing Goat Pictures are the producers of the film Prabhu Dheva has been shooting for Action Jackson and then promoting the film while Mr Khiladi is currently shooting for BrothersMilan TalkiesLowdown There have been multiple announcements with regards to the casting of the film It started with Priyanka Chopra and Imran KhanImran Khan and Priyanka Chopra were the initial choices for Milan TalkiesThen Imran was out of the project because his dates were allegedly clashing with Vikramadity Motwanes Bhavesh Joshi Shahid Kapoor stepped in but again there were issues with casting of the heroine for the film so he too is said to have stepped out Now we heard the announcement of Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor as the leading pair but that too is not certain as monies are still being discussed Meanwhile the director of the film Tigmanshu Dhulia is making another film mdash a multistarrer friendship drama called Yaara The film is an official remake of the 2011 French film Les LyonnaisBhavesh JoshiLowdown Imran Khan was all to set to play the main lead in this Vikramaditya Motwane film After a string of successive failures the actor was out of the project He was replaced by Siddharth Malhotra and started preparing for the project as the film is an action subject and the story is of a Gujarati boy with super powers Wonder what happened Siddharth is currently shooting for Karan Malhotras Brothers with Akshay Kumar which is Hindi adaptation of Warriors For the record Motwane has a clean sheet with directorial ventures like Udaan and Lootera to his creditMohenjo DaroLowdown Its either big or nothing for Ashutosh Gowarikar The director behind epics like Jodha Akbar 2008 Whats Your Raashee 2009 and Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey 2010Pooja Hegde left makes her debut opposite Hrithik Roshan in Ashutosh Gowarikers Mohenjo DaroHe hasnt directed a film since So when he announced Mohenjo Daro in May mdash after waiting for Hrithik Roshan to take up the lead role for nearly three years mdash it sounded like a comeback of sorts The film was to go on floor in September but was then pushed to January 2015 due to Hrithiks shoulder injury The reason given was that the film is very demanding physically so they decided to go slow on it As of now the actor has just finished with the look test of the film and will be shooting most of the film in Bhuj in the coming yearGhayal 2Lowdown Sunny Deols directorial venture sequel to 1991 superhit was to on floor in February 2014 but the film has yet to go on floor The actor who is also directing the film is story based on father son relationship There were reports Sunny casting teenagers in the film for which he auditioned from various colleges We had heard that the film was to be shot in Manali now we hear the shooting will take place in Film City Studio