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The recently released Kannada film was Puneeth Rajkumar’s final project.

All this was implemented at an estimated cost of 3.2 million dollars for two minutes of additional footage. After his demise, the post-production company, The Mill, had to create a digital body double by photographing a live-action body double and using a 3D computer-generated image of Reed’s face for his remaining scenes in the film. Reed played Antonius Proximo in 2000’s epic historical drama. Most of Uday’s sequences were retained for the first half, while actor Bhajarangi Loki stepped into his shoes in the second. It was later decided that the same character would be portrayed by different actors before and after the interval. The makers stalled the film after his death in 2016.

Uday was signed on to portray the central antagonist in the Kannada film and had even completed 75% of the shooting of his portions. Ledger’s scenes were retained in the film as the protagonist’s real-world appearance. Eventually, the script was tweaked to showcase Ledger’s character in alternate versions – portrayed by his friends Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell – as he travels through magical realms. While Ledger had completed a significant portion of the film, director Terry Gilliam had suspended the film’s production indefinitely post the actor’s demise. Heath Ledger, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus However, the makers decided to replace her and reshoot all her scenes with Sridevi after her passing. For the latter, she had, in fact, finished almost 80% of her portions. Divya Bharti, Laadlaīharti was an emerging star and had several films, including Mohra and Laadla, in the pipeline in the early 90s. The makers roped in Aditya Chaudhary, a radio jockey, to finish the dubbing of the remaining portions, which included the crucial monologue towards the end of the film. While Rajput had finished the shooting of the film, the dubbing for the climax sequence was yet to be completed. And so, to honor their lead actor’s contribution to Hindi cinema, the makers took the call of shooting the remaining portions of the film with Paresh Rawal stepping into Kapoor’s shoes as Sharmaji. At the time of his death, there were a few portions of the film that were left to be shot. When Rishi Kapoor passed away in 2020, along with a rich legacy comprising four decades of cinema, he also left behind his swansong, Sharmaji Namkeen. Situations like these can be tricky and often baffling for filmmakers, who on one hand, would want to pay their respects to their leading stars, and on another, would want to make their film in the best way possible. Many a time, they also leave behind incomplete projects – their final appearances. When an actor passes away, they leave behind a plethora of fans in a nation that loves the movies.

And if there’s grief, there’s a lot of coping too. When a person passes away, its only natural for the people near them to feel as if moments with them have been cut short. The matters of life and death are beyond anyone’s control.