Chanda mama door nahi

There have been reports the ambitious space drama Chanda Mama Door Ke has been shelved after its primary producers Eros International backed out of the project due to financial reasons.

Director Sanjay Chauhan, however, laughs this off as “baseless and untrue.”

Sources from within the team report that preparations are on full-throttle. In fact, Sushant Singh Rajput is currently undergoing a rigorous training for temperature acclimatisation at high altitudes.

A source closely connected to the project says, “One of the reasons why the project is taking longer than expected is Sushant’s training to play an astronaut authentically. He won’t be satisfied faking any aspect of his character’s space odyssey. He attended NASA to get a hang of space life. He’s now training further to understand the emotional and physical pressure of flying in space.”

Producer Viki Rajani, on behalf of Eros, also clears the air. “Chanda Mama Door Ke is a mammoth project and requires a lot of pre-production and planning as it is complex and VFX-heavy. We are yet to finalise the full cast and put a lock on the budget and final script. We are working on it and can plan execution once all details are sorted.”