Irrfan Khan dropped out of Tigmanshu Dhulia's project

Mirror (February 27) was the first to report that TigmanshuDhulia is making a film on friendship, love and betrayal titled Yaara, featuring Irrfan Khan, VidyutJamwal, AmitSadh, and ShrutiHaasan.
The film is an official remake of Les Lyonnais, a 2011 French drama directed by Olivier Marchal. After initially denying the news, Tigmanshu confirmed that it was a story of two friends and their relationship over a period of 35 years.He also revealed that ManojBajpai and Irrfan Khan will be playing the older buddies while AmitSadh and VidyutJamwal would be seen as their younger avatars. Explaining why he had opted for two sets of actors, Tigmanshu reasoned that the audience will not accept Manoj and Irrfan as 25-year-olds or Amit and Vidyut as 50-year-olds.
Eventually Manoj dropped out of the film and Tigmashu decided to step into his shoes. Now, buzz is, even Irrfan has opted out of the film and Amit and Vidyut will play both the roles. When Mirror contacted the actor, he insisted that he was still “open to the project” and was waiting for Tigmanshu to return from the second schedule to get clarity on his role. “I’m okay with the idea but I have no clue how they have developed my track,” he said.
However, Sunir Kheterpal, who is co-producing the film with Tigmanshu, was categorical that Irrfan was no longer a part of the cast. He informed that the lead protagonists, Vidyut, Amit and Shruti, are playing characters who are in their mid-20s and mid-40s. “Before starting the first schedule in Dehradun in June, the makers took the call to cast the same actors to play different ages as it would have a better connect with the audience. A 20-year age gap does not warrant casting different actors for the same characters,” he argued.
When Mirror updated Irrfan on the same, he sounded surprised by the developments. He graciously added: “If Tishu is going with another actor he must have strong reasons for doing so. The decision will not come in the way of our friendship. It’s not a given that I have to work in every film he does or vice versa. We have never commercialised our friendship.”