Manish Gupta, who wrote dialogues for Akshaye Khanna’s 'Section 375', alleged that he was “unreasonable” during the shoot. He claimed Akshaye asked producer Kumar Mangat Pathak to remove him as director, saying it hurt his ego to take orders from an “authoritarian” filmmaker. Gupta added that, ironically, Pathak is now facing the brunt of Akshaye’s unethical behaviour in 'Drishyam 3'.