Why did Riteish get Elli Avram removed from Housefull 3?

The foundation of Housefull 3 has been laid down and the casting of the actors is also finalized but the makers are yet to take their call on the actresses for the movie. Though they had finalized Elli Avram opposite Riteish Deshmukh but even that has been changed now.

News is making the rounds that Elli Avram has been replaced by Lisa Haydon and the man behind this is Riteish Deshmukh who made the changes.

According to reports in a leading daily, Riteish was not happy to have Elli opposite him. A close source was quoted saying, "Producer Sajid Nadiadwala and directors Sajid-Farhad were keen to cast Elli in the film. Almost everything from money to the dates was finalized but Riteish had his reservations. He felt he deserved a bigger heroine to be paired with him. He requested his producer and director and that's how Lisa was cast." [sic]

The reports confirmed this with Elli who said, "To my knowledge I am not doing the film. I met Sajid (Nadiadwala) for Housefull 3 where he briefed me about the project. I even met Sajid and Farhad who seemed keen to cast me, but I don't know what happened after that as they didn't get back to me. I don't know if Riteish expressed his reservations, maybe he did... But it was certainly disappointing that it didn't work out. It's fine! I am getting lots of offers after the trailer of my film Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon with Kapil Sharma. I don't want to rush things now. I am in a very excited and in a happy space." [sic]

Priyanka Chauhan