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When Ishaan Khatter’s The Royals came out, Bhumi Pednekar was criticised a lot for her physical attributes. Whether it was her face or her physique, she was scrutinised for every minute detail. Despite that, the show gained a lot of traction and the anticipation for a second season also grew with it.

However, there may be an obstacle in the path because now, Netflix might be on the hunt for a new female lead for the show, because Pednekar has other plans.

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As per Mid-Day, Bhumi Pednekar has other plans and won’t be returning to the second season of The Royals. The focus of the story can fully shift to the family itself rather than the romantic aspect, which had been unresolved anyway. Although there was no dispute or fight between her and the creators, she simply has too much on her plate.

“When you do a romance, it is the story that leads. When the show came out, what resonated [with the audience] was the family — Ishaan, Sakshi, Zeenat, and the world of The Royals — which feels different. We left season one with an unresolved romance. There was no decision to carry it forward. There was no fight with Bhumi. The makers are simply letting the story lead forward organically in the second season.”

“Bhumi is also set to feature opposite Imran Khan in what insiders describe as his long-awaited comeback film for Netflix. The project, currently under wraps, has been in development for some time. She is also expected to begin working on Daldal 2, a project that aligns more closely with the intense space she has increasingly gravitated towards in recent years.”

With Daldal’s sequel and the Netflix film with Imran Khan, her priorities are simply elsewhere, and she cannot focus on The Royals at the same time as all of this. She is more intrigued by those projects than the Ishaan Khatter show and thus decided that leaving would be the best option.

So far, no official announcement has been made and there is no confirmed date for the second season to be released on Netflix.