Shilpa Shinde to Sunil Grover; popular actors whose controversial exit made headlines

Television celebrities rise to fame with their onscreen characters and develop an emotional bond with their fans. It breaks their hearts when the news of the actors leaving the show leading to controversies crop up. Tanaz Irani, Anushka Sen, Sunil Grover and many other actors' exit grabbed headlines, let's take a look: (Photo: Instagram)

Tannaz Irani was replaced overnight from the show Apna Time Bhi Aayega. Speaking about her sudden exit, the actor told BT, "I shot with them till April 11, two days before they decided to move to Goa after shoots came to a halt in Maharashtra. The production house texted everyone, enquiring whether we would be available to shoot, but without mentioning other details like accommodation and duration of the stay. I told them that I was not sure about travelling, but was open to a discussion. However, there was no discussion." She further added, "Given the current situation, I wouldn’t have been allowed to travel back to Mumbai to see my children. I do not have anyone to look after them, and can’t expect my husband (Bhakhtyar) to take care of everything, including their online classes. Besides, I have already been infected with COVID-19 once. So, my family is bound to get worried for me. Having said that, I was not completely averse to the idea, but it’s a big decision, and I wanted to discuss it." (Photo: Instagram)

Shilpa Shinde was loved as Angoori bhabhi in the show, Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain. Her fight with the producers became a talking point and glimpses of it were seen in Bigg Boss' house too between her and Vikas Gupta. The actress had allegedly accused the makers of mentally torturing her, not increasing her payment and giving more preference to co-actor Saumya Tandon. Shilpa Shinde was slapped with a legal notice by the makers after she made these allegations. Later, she was replaced by Shubhangi Atre, who is entertaining the audience as the new Angoori bhabhi. (Photo: Instagram)

The teen actress Anushka Sen played the pivotal role of Rani in the show, Apna Time Bhi Aayega. However, after 18 episodes, reports about her quitting the show started doing the rounds. Anushka stated that her health was the reason behind quitting the show whereas the makers cited Anushka's unprofessionalism to be the reason behind replacing her with Megha Ray. The producer had stated, "We could have tolerated her tantrums, as long as it wasn’t hampering the show. However, not turning up for the shoot amounted to unprofessionalism and we decided to bring in a new actress for the part finally." (Photo: Instagram)

Sunil Grover and Kapil Sharma's mid-air brawl is an infamous one where the latter threw a slipper at Sunil out of rage. This led to a major fallout between Sunil and Kapil and therefore he quit The Kapil Sharma Show. Fans were dejected and rumours about Sunil Grover returning to the show often kept circulating on social media. The spat happened between the two on their way to Mumbai from their Australia tour. The two are on cordial terms and keep wishing them on Twitter. (Photo: Instagram)

Ritvik Arora was seen in Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke as Kunal allegedly did not return to shoot after the initial COVID-19 lockdown. Producer Rajan Shahi claimed that Ritvik demanded a hike in fee and called him "unprofessional" whereas Ritvik had stated that his father was worried about his health owing to the pandemic. (Photo: Instagram)

Karan Singh Grover became a rage as Asad in Qubool Hai. The actor claimed that it was his decision of quitting the show but the makers called him unprofessional and said that he threw tantrums on the set. (Photo: Instagram)

Sonarika Bhadoria, who was seen as Parvati, was replaced overnight in the mythological show, Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev with Mouni Roy. Reportedly, the producers couldn't handle her tantrums and unprofessional attitude on the sets. Thus, leading them to replace her with Mouni Roy. (Photo: Instagram)

Gia Manek became popular as Gopi bahu in Saath Nibhaana Saathiya. She was replaced by Devoleena Bhattacharjee. Apparently, it was Gia's decision of participating in a dance reality show on the rival channel that irked the makers and therefore they replaced her overnight. (Photo: Instagram)