Vijay Raaz claims he got fired from Son of Sardar 2 for not greeting Ajay Devgn

The shoot of Ajay Devgns Son of Sardaar 2 is currently going on in the UK After Sanjay Dutt dropped out of the film due to visa issues Vijay Raaz has been fired from the film According to the producer Kumar Mangat Raaz was removed due to his rude behaviour expensive demands and lack of cooperationTalking to Pinkvilla Kumar Mangat revealed that it was becoming difficult to deal with Raaz and hence they decided to remove him from the film ldquoYes its true that we have removed Vijay Raaz from the film because of his behaviour on the setsrdquo he saidThe producer said that Raaz was making expensive demands including that his spot boy be paid Rs 20000 per day He demanded for bigger rooms vanity van and also overcharged us for the spot boys His spot boy was being paid Rs 20000 per night which is more than any big actor UK is an expensive place and everyone got standard rooms during the shoot but he demanded premium suites When we tried explaining the costing scenario to him he refused to understand and spoke rudely His constant response was lsquoYou were the ones who approached me I didnrsquot come to you asking for workrsquo His behaviour kept getting worse He demanded two cars for a threeperson staff to travelrdquo Mangat claimedHowever Vijay Raaz had a different story to tell He claimed that he was removed as he did not greet Ajay Devgn on first day of shoot I reached the location before time where actors Ravi Kishan Executive Producer Ashish producer Kumar Mangat and filmmaker Vijay Arora came to meet me I stepped out of the van and spotted Ajay Devgn who was standing about 25 metres away from me I didnrsquot greet him as he was busy Twenty five minutes later Mr Mangat came to me and said lsquoYou can leave the film we are removing yoursquordquoWhen asked about the demand for a bigger room Raaz reasoned that he needed the space to do yoga in the morning ldquo26 years in the industry canrsquot I make this demand he questionedHe added ldquoThe only misconduct from my end is I didnrsquot greet Mr Ajay Devgn I didnrsquot even meet the crew and these are the only people I interacted with I was removed from the film 30 minutes of reaching the sets as I didnrsquot greet Ajay Devgn These are powerful people and the chatter of misconduct doesnrsquot arise at allrdquoHowever Kumar Mangat denied claims made by Raaz He said that removing Raaz led to a loss of Rs 2 crore and they would never take such drastic steps for small matters His behaviour was a major area of concernrdquo he insistedMangat further revealed that a person from Raazs team was also accused of sexual harassment by one of the hotel employees Imagine working with such a demon in the team We got an official email from the hotel Strict action will be taken against all offenders As I said we are happy to disassociate with Vijay Raaz and we donrsquot wish to work with such a personrdquo he saidReacting to the sexual harassment matter Raaz said that the producer was mixing up two different stories There is a difference of at least 10 hours between the two episodes I was removed from the film on August 4 at 2 pm and the episode at the hotel took place at 11 pm on the same day I have nothing to do with it I am no longer working with the spot boyrdquoSon Of Sardaar 2 is the sequel to the 2012 film Son of Sardaar that starred Ajay Devgn Sonakshi Sinha and Sanjay Dutt in the lead The sequel will see Mrunal Thakur opposite Ajay Devgn Sanjay Dutt has been replaced by Ravi Kishan and Sanjay Mishra has been casted as replacement for Vijay Raaz