Back in 2017, Govinda had strongly condemned the makers of Jagga Jasoos for chopping off his scenes from the film. 

In a series of tweets, the actor had said that he agreed to shoot for the film without signing a contract or taking a signing amount out of 'respect' for his 'senior's son' Ranbir Kapoor.

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"I gave full respect to the Kapoor family I did the film because he is my senior's son. I was told I will get the script. I was told they will narrate the film in South Africa and I didn't even charge my signing amount made no contracts. I was unwell and on drips but still, I travelled to South Africa and did my shoot," Govinda posted on Twitter. 

"I did my job as an actor and if the director is not happy it's completely his call," he mentioned via his tweets.

1/5 I gave full respect to Kapoor family i did the film because he is my seniors son I was told I will get the script.

The matter soon snowballed into a big controversy and it was Ranbir Kapoor who came forward to apologize and called himself and Anurag Basu 'irresponsible' as it was unfair to a legend like Govinda. 

However, there were reports that it was because of the actor’s 'unprofessional behaviour', he was dropped from the film.

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Now, after three years, it seems that Basu has finally addressed the rumours on why he dropped Govinda from the movie.

The director told Mid-Day, "Govindaji did come with us. With such delays already with the shoot, [there was confusion] if Govindaji is coming on the set, or is he cancelling the flight, or is he taking the fight, or are we cancelling shoot? It was so unpredictable. I couldn't have taken that stress, yaar. We were shooting outdoor in South Africa, everything was lined up. I just had to [let go of him]."

Jagga Jasoos, which also featured Katrina Kaif, received mixed reactions and failed to make a mark and even couldn’t recover its Rs 130 crore budget. 

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Ranbir’s father, the late Rishi Kapoor, had publicly slammed Anurag for the film’s failure.

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