Yuvraj Malhotra sacked from Waaris

A brawl with a production manager proved costly for Yuvraj Malhotra as he ended up being thrown out of Smriti Iraani’s show Waaris on Zee TV. A little birdie from the sets informs, “This incident happened a week ago. Yuvraj was annoyed that he was shooting for more hours. He then had a heated argument with the production manager and soon they were exchanging blows. The matter was reported to CINTAA (Cine and TV Artist’s Association) who immediately ordered for Yuvraj’s removal. Yuvraj hasn’t registered himself with CINTAA.” Yuvraj, who plays the character of Shaurya, says, “Smriti Iraani simply didn’t want me in the show. All this drama was created to have me ousted. Though, I’m not a member with CINTAA yet, I have applied for the membership. My card is expected to come within a month.” Elaborating on the unfortunate event, Yuvraj says, “CINTAA had issued a directive that no artist should be working for more than twelve hours a day. However, right since beginning, I have been working more than 12 hours for this show. It was well past 9.00 pm and we were supposed to shoot for a short scene. It was 11.30 pm and the production guys were simply joking around and showed no intent of finishing the work. That day, I wasn’t feeling well, plus I was badly in need of sleep. I requested these guys to hurry up but there was no change. It was then that I lost my cool and things went out of hand. I have never come across such a disorganized production house before.” We called up producer Smriti Iraani but she asked us to call the channel PR before disconnecting the line. CINTAA president Dharmesh Tiwari and Zee TV programming head Ajay Bhalwankar remained unavailable for comment. Meanwhile, it was also buzzed that Yuvraj’s co-actor Iqbal, who was upset with the turn of events has tendered his resignation. Iqbal though rubbished such news. “No, I’m not quitting and if ever I were to quit a show it would be because of the content and nothing else.”