It is alleged that there are not any permanent friends or enemies in Bollywood. And unfortunately it's something the industry's hottest business jodis would attest to those days.
Their friendships gave us praiseworthy films, but now one of the industry's thickest work buddies are falling out for one reason or the other.
Farhan Akhtar- Ritesh Sidhwani Their first film Dil Chahta Hai changed the foundations of storytelling in Bollywood. They went directly to give us some very entertaining films like Dil Chahta Hai, Lakshya, Don, Rock On and Luck by Chance.
School friends-turned-business buddies, their 12-year-old partnership stood the test of time, up till their film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara happened.
Buzz is that the 2 had some serious creative differences through the making of the film and that is the reason when cracks began to show. Though Ritesh has always let Farhan take front seat with regards to promotions, during Don 2, Sidhwani kept away quite often.
Says a source, "THEY'VE had creative differences on many occasions, but now the issue is that Farhan has become so much busier together with his acting projects. So there may be less time to concentrate on production. In order that may be the reason a communication gap has developed between the two."
However, when asked concerning the rift Farhan vehemently denied it. At a contemporary event he was quoted saying, "I DO NOT understand where these rumours come from. We won't appear at every event together. For the record there is no problem between us. We're working together and ok with each other."
Saif Ali Khan- Dinesh Vijan Long time business associates, Saif and Dinesh started their company Illuminati films in 2009. Their first film Love Aaj Kal was probably the most biggest hits of 2009. However, despite that just within two years they have got decided to head separate ways.
They apparently had too many difference of opinions and hence decided to take a break from working together. Says a source, "Any partnership is a commitment, but that doesn't mean everything needs to be hunky dory always.
If the partnership is between two opinionated people there'll be healthy arguments. However, with Saif and Dinesh things don't look very pleasant nowadays. Even throughout the promotions of Agent Vinod, they've not been seen interacting much with each other."
As a result, Saif will now own his individual company under the name of Saif Ali Khan Productions and Dinesh too might be engaged on films under his production. Saif was recently quoted saying, "WE'RE NOT married to every other, but we can definitely continue working together whenever possible.
We have plenty of offers to make films together. But we will be able to even be producing films independently." Nowadays they've Agent Vinod and Cocktail, which they might be producing together.
Tiffs over the yearsSalim - Javed: Their interact is generally known as the Bible of scriptwriting within Hindi cinema. Roping in Salim-Javed to put in writing a movie was if truth be told the easiest formula for an assured blockbuster. However after 15-years of working together and giving us innumerable gems including Sholay and Deewaar, they split for reasons unknown. Rumours were that there has been a tremendous misunderstanding that involved Amitabh Bachchan but nobody has clarified that.
Vikram Bhatt - The Bhatts: Vikram Bhatt had stopped working for uncles Mahesh and Mukhesh Bhatt's Vishesh films in 2003 as a result of some personal misunderstandings regarding then girlfriend Ameesha Patel. But now he seems to have buried the hatchet. He's back after nine years to direct Raaz 3 under their family's production house.
Jatin - Lalit: After working together for just about 16-years, brothers Jatin and Lalit split in 2006 because of financial reasons.
Sanjay Dutt - Sanjay Gupta: The 2 made many films together under their production house White Feather Films till 2007. However, post Shootout at Lokhandwala there has been an incredible misunderstanding between Dutt and Gupta about payment dues for the technicians.
Nadeem - Shravan: This musical duo ruled the 90s with their music, but were together not post Nadeem's alleged underworld connections and Shravan's disinterest in continuing along with his musical career.
Courtesy: Mid-Day.com
