After actress Meenakshi from Mumbai was replaced by Gayathri, owing to her unprofessional behaviour of walking out of the movie without informing the filmmakers, yet another young actress Ishaara — who made an impressive debut with Nutty’s Sathuranga Vettai — is in the thick of controversy.
According to the film’s producer Joseph and director Kevin, Ishaara was signed on for their movie Engada Irundheenga Ivvalu Naala, which has Akhil of Kaloori fame as the hero.
“We committed Rs 4 lakh as her remuneration and paid an advance of '75,000. We asked for 20 days of call sheet. But she gave us only 2 days of time initially for the shoot! We were shooting the rest of the portions in her absence. Later when we called and asked for dates, she was dodging us, with the reason that she was in Dubai and Kerala, and shooting for a Malayalam film. All this only through WhatsApp, as she would never answer calls! Later, she gave an excuse that the story narrated to her was completely different from what we were filming. We were ready to rectify that too! Despite several attempts, she refused to return to work, and she is finally not reachable now.”
Upset with the financial losses incurred due to her, the producer has lodged a complaint with the Kerala Artistes Association and also the Actors Guild in Chennai. There were hardly any desirable results, they say.
“She has also blocked our numbers. Despite our telling her that we will go to court and the press, she was least bothered. Her reply was, ‘Go’.” When DC tried to contact her, Ishaara was not reachable.
