After his role in Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal, Bobby Deol’s popularity rose to a whole other level. Even though it was a small role, the audience loved his performance in the movie. Some even demanded a spin-off of Bobby’s character, Abrar Haque, from the film. And this new popularity of the actor has led to a tiff between two OTT giants.
The fact that when Sandeep narrated Animal to Bobby Deol he had already mentioned the transition of a destroyed Ranvijay to a smiling Abrar is crazy. What insane vision and detailing hats off!!! pic.twitter.com/g75nRGfVAd
— RKᴬ (@seeuatthemovie) December 13, 2023
According to the reports, Netflix produced Bobby’s next film, titled Penthouse. Reportedly, director Duo Abbas-Mustan has helmed the project. The movie features Bobby, along with Arjun Rampal and Sharman Joshi. As per the reports, Netflix has paid around 70% of the cost to the producers. However, the OTT giant wanted the filmmakers to increase the role of Bobby in the movie. The makers didn’t agree to the request as they felt that it would mess up the storyline of the movie.
running in mind …!!!
Those screepresence of @thedeol ..!!
@imvangasandeep @AnimalTheFilm #AnimalTheMovie #BobbyDeol #RanbirKaapor pic.twitter.com/9ZMOzK2Rvq— Sreesanth T Unni (@_sreesanth) December 6, 2023
When Netflix got to know that the filmmakers were not willing to make changes, they called off the deal and asked producer Sunil Khetrapal to return the amount.
#SunnyDeol with his brother #BobbyDeol talking About Megastar #SalmanKhan!!✨
Salman bahut accha insaan hai dil se, wo sabki madad karta hai, He loves our family. Have worked with him He Has no insecurity at all. #Tiger3 pic.twitter.com/GnI9pyiGgz
— SALMAN SAJID FAN (@SALMANIA_12_27) December 12, 2023
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Then Jio Studios walked into the picture. The production house had a word with Abbas-Mustan and liked the film. They asked the makers to extend not only Bobby’s but also Arjun and Sharman’s roles in the movie. The makers were happy with the demand and agreed to it.
#RanbirKapoor and #BobbyDeol at Gurudwara!#Animal #AnimalPark #AnimalReview #AnimalMovieReview #AnimalMovie #AnimalTheMovie #AnimalTheFilm #AnimalBoxOffice pic.twitter.com/iakbUsl90E
— Sanket Goyal (@sankettgoyal) December 9, 2023
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Now, after Animal’s success, Netflix got in touch with producer Sunil Khetrapal and asked if they could renegotiate the deal. It was clear that Netflix wanted to capitalise on the popularity of Lord Bobby. However, the rights to the film Penthouse are currently with Jio Studios, and due to this, both the OTT giants have come in front of each other. We wonder if there will be any changes to the deal. Only time will tell the tale.