India, June 5 -- In early 2024, when reports emerged that Salute actor Dulquer Salmaan had decided against being a part of veteran filmmaker Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan's Thug Life, over supposed scheduling issues, netizens and industry insiders said it would be a costly miss for the actor. Dulquer was meant to essay the character that eventually went to Silambarasan. Owing to prior commitments, Varane Avashyamund actor Dulquer was reportedly unable to adjust dates for revised schedules of Thug Life and exited the project. He then went on to make the Telugu hit Lucky Baskhar instead.

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Now that Thug Life is in theatres and overwhelmingly negative reviews have been pouring in for the much-hyped Kamal-Mani reunion, net...