Deepika Padukone Spirit Exit Controversy: It’s been more than a year since Deepika Padukone exited Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s highly anticipated film Spirit. Yet, the controversy surrounding her exit refuses to die down. After Vanga’s explosive tweets, his brother Pranay Reddy Vanga has now brought the drama back into the spotlight.
Pranay Reddy Vanga’s Explosive Claims On Deepika Padukone’s Spirit Exit
Directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, Prabhas and Deepika Padukone were supposed to reunite for Spirit after their Kalki 2898 AD collaboration. Things took a chaotic turn when DP walked out of the film after the makers failed to comply with her 8-hr shift and fee demands.
Pranay Reddy Vanga exposed Deepika Padukone and explained why she was removed from Spirit. He stated that Deepika demanded an unreasonable pay hike, her schedule was unprofessional and wanted mutiple vanity vans and she insisted on 10% of post‑release profits, despite her solo…
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Recently, in an interview with NDTV, Pranay Reddy Vanga shared fresh details on the controversy. He went on to claim that besides her fees, she had also demanded a 10% profit share and allegedly accused her of leaking the Spirit plot.
“She demanded 10 per cent of the film’s profit. Soon after, everything went overboard. See, she can ask for anything. If we are willing to give, we can give. But the economics (budget) should also work out for us. We thought that it was not working. This is why we thought of other options. Once we started looking for other options, they started leaking everything. We discussed the story and character with her. Things discussed internally should not be revealed, but she leaked all of them. That is why we are disturbed,” Pranay claimed.
Deepika Padukone Reacts To Vanga’s Brother’s Comment; Reacts To Post Calling Out Their ‘Misogyny’
Following Pranay Reddy Vanga’s explosive allegations, Deepika Padukone has reacted to the drama… but not with a statement. Redditors have noticed that the actress has liked a post calling out the Vanga brothers for ‘misogyny’.
The post, shared by journalist Janvi Manchanda, read, “Deepika Padukone allegedly wanted 10% of Spirit’s profits. Judging by the meltdown, you’d think she asked for the entire film and Vanga estate. Sounds like we have a full-blown male-ego crisis on our hands. A woman rejected a deal, and misogyny couldn’t handle a woman’s ‘no’.”
The post highlighted that a man making such demands may be considered “disciplined,” whereas women making the same demands are often labelled “difficult.” “This isn’t about ‘professionalism’. It’s misogyny, it’s sexism. It’s male ego. She said no. Get over it, boys,” the said Insta post concluded.
