Hrithik Roshan rejects Main Hoon Na, Imtiaz Ali snatches Ayesha Takia for Socha Na Ta: Farah Khan recalls casting challenges | Bollywood News
The main character Hun Na boasted an impressive line-up from Shah Rukh Khan, Sushmita Sen to Suniel Shetty. However, director Farah Khan recently spoke about the casting hurdles she encountered while making the film.
Film director and choreographer Farah Khan makes her directorial debut with a film starring Shah Rukh Khan. main hun na. The film had an excellent cast including Zayed Khan, Sushmita Sen, Amrita Rao, and Suniel Shetty in important roles. Although the film boasted an impressive line-up, Farah recently shared in an interview the challenges he faced in assembling these actors for the project.
Farah spoke about the casting hurdles she encountered while making ‘Main Hoon Na’ and highlighted Shah Rukh Khan’s unwavering support for all her films. She told casting director Mukesh Chhabra on Mashable India’s show ‘Bombay Dream’. “Apart from Shah Rukh Khan, I always face casting challenges in my films. He always agrees to act in my films. When I did ‘Main Hoonna’, I always faced casting challenges in my films. – There was no director, so me and my assistant were doing the casting. Except for Shah Rukh and Sushmita Sen, I had said a long time ago that I would cast her in my film, but it has not been confirmed. Zayed Khan was brought in at the last minute. Hrithik Roshan was the first choice to play Zayed. This was before Hrithik’s debut film Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai was released. After the film was released, Hrithik became Hrithik and left.”
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From Abhishek Bachchan to Sohail Kam, many actors have been approached to play Main Hoon Na. “I also approached Abhishek Bachchan for the role of Zayed, but it didn’t work out. Then I approached Sohail Khan, but that also didn’t work out. Just one day into the shooting of ‘Main Hoonna’. , two months ago, I went to see Zayed’s movie in the theater. I thought he had a nice smile and was very charming. Amrita Rao joined the movie just 15 days before the shooting. Initially. , I wanted to cast Ayesha Takia for the role of Amrita, but then Imtiaz Ali hired her for the role of Socha Na Ta. She told me that she was going for five days. But it didn’t come back after five weeks. Then I started looking for another female protagonist,” she said.
In the conversation, Farah Khan also revealed that he was considering veteran actors Naseeruddin Shah, Kamal Haasan and Nana Patekar for the negative role of a terrorist. Despite her efforts, all three actors turned down the role. Eventually, the role landed in Suniel Shetty’s lap.
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Date first uploaded: July 3, 2024 21:14 IST
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