There has been a lot of tattle about why Patralekhaa opted out of Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari's Panga, which stars Kangana Ranaut as a national level kabaddi player. She is said to have developed cold feet at the last-minute.

Those in the know say Patralekhaa's decision was apparently influenced by beau Rajkummar Rao. He warned her that Kangy, as usual, would hog the spotlight leaving little for the other female actors to do, so it was not worth her while. Moreover, Kangy is known to call the shots, she was better off without taking Panga with her.