Blame it on the havoc caused due to the pandemic, but filmmakers are now rethinking their budgets. The makers of Shahid Kapoor and Kriti Sanon’s rom-com have also decided to revisit their film, which sees her play a robot, and him, a robotics specialist. Given that Amit Joshi’s directorial venture is high on VFX, the makers went back to the drawing board to rework the budget, and reschedule the shoot. After some back and forth, the makers began filming last month. An industry insider tells us that while Shahid reduced his fee by about Rs 2 crore, the budget for the film, including the VFX, was slashed by about Rs 15 crore. Evidently, this new approach got us thinking about priorities. Should the overall budget suffer more than the actor’s remuneration?

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