Manish Gupta gets angry at Akshay Khanna, says he threw me out of his own project like a fly in milk

News India Live, Digital Desk: Today is the last day of the year 2025 (31 December). Today when we look back, Akshaye Khanna’s ‘Section 375’ is considered a cult classic film. But Manish Gupta’s recent statements have raised a deep question on the brilliance of this film. Manish claims that in the film which he wrote with his hard work and which he was going to direct, he was treated like an ‘enemy’.

Those 6 months were heavy!

According to Manish Gupta, the film started with great enthusiasm, but as the work progressed, problems started from Akshay Khanna’s side. Manish alleges that Akshay kept the terms of the contract aside and unnecessarily stopped the shooting for about 6 months. When the work of a project gets stuck midway, what goes through its writer or producer can only be known to the one who has put in his hard work for years.

Is an actor the owner of a film?

Manish Gupta clearly said that Akshay Khanna’s alleged ‘interference’ had increased so much that ultimately he was shown the way out of that film. Imagine, the story was yours, you did the research, but in the end the responsibility of raising that child was handed over to someone else and the real father was sidelined. Ajay Bahl was later made the director in place of Manish.

preparation and deception

Often creativity succumbs to star power in Bollywood. Manish Gupta has given films like ‘Sarkar’ and ‘The Stoneman Murders’, yet as a writer-director he did not get the respect and rights that he should have had in ‘Section 375’. Manish alleges that his idea was used, but his credit was taken away from him.

Just a name is not everything!

Industry people believe that Akshay Khanna is a calm and talented actor, but Manish Gupta’s words have started a new debate on his behaviour. The question arises whether the ego of an established actor can be bigger than the ability of a director? In today’s time when big Bollywood films are flopping, is this kind of work culture good for any industry?