Whenever a major pan-India project is announced, excitement sweeps across audiences, not just for the story or scale, but for the star pairings and actor-director collaborations that promise cinematic fireworks. In recent years, the trend of actors crossing industries, Bollywood actors signing for southern films, and vice versa has become common, bringing together talent in unprecedented ways.
But with this growing inter-industry collaboration comes a new phenomenon: casting changes, walkouts, and high-profile fallouts. From creative differences to scheduling conflicts, remuneration debates to on-set expectations, these controversies reveal the pressures behind the glamour. Today, we will have a closer look at five pan-India casting controversies that grabbed headlines, shook production h