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Hrithik Roshan has called off  his record-breaking Rs 35 crores three-film deal with Adlabs.

An Adlabs official confirmed that the deal was off but refused to go on record. "Under the deal, the actor had full liberty to choose the script and the director he wanted. But since the actor has signed Hollywood agent Brillstein-Grey from Brad Pitt's management firm, his prospects of working with big names in the West has also increased. Not a single project from Adlabs could take off as Hrithik did not approve of a single script that was offered to him by them. It was then that Rakesh Roshan suggested that Hrithik return the entire amount and be free from the agreement with Adlabs," says the source. An industry insider says, "The Adlabs deal was signed before Dhoom 2 happened which was Hrithik's second consecutive success after Krrish. A major credit for the Dhoom sequel went to Hrithik alone. With other stars like Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan being offered much lucrative packages by top production houses, Hrithik must have felt it would be unreasonable getting stuck to the three-film deal. After thinking about all this, Hrithik must have terminated his project."