Aamir Khan and Hrithik Roshan are two of the most popular and amazing actors of the Hindi film fraternity and literally for decades, both of them have been ruling the roost together. While Aamir made his debut way back in the year 1987 with Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, Hrithik had a blockbuster entry in Bollywood with Kaho Na Pyaar Hai.
Although we are yet to see them in a movie together, do you all know that there was a time when Aamir wanted Hrithik to be a part of Rang De Basanti? Yes, that’s true.
As per the latest reports in Hindustan Times, in his autobiography, director Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra was quoted as saying,
“Every known actor kept declining the role to play Karan Singhania. I had first offered it to Farhan Akhtar. This was a time when he had never acted in a film before and was one of the most respected young directors. He was both surprised and amused. When I narrated it to Abhishek, he told me point-blank, ‘I thought you are crazy but after hearing your narration I think you are completely nuts.” He further added,
“I requested Aamir to put in a word with Hrithik Roshan. Aamir even went to Hrithik’s house. ‘It’s a good film—kar le’ (do it). But it wasn’t meant to be. Finally, Siddharth signed on the dotted line in January 2005, one month before the shoot. He had never done a Hindi film before. Bharathi had seen the Tamil film Boys, starring Siddharth, a couple of months before the shoot, and his energy and unique combination of innocence and naivety came through. She thought he could pull off the conflict in Karan’s character well. The senior actors accepted the smaller parts with grace—Om Puri, Anupam Kher, Kirron Kher, Mohan Agashe, and K.K. Raina are all masters of their craft and formed a dependable unit on which we built the movie.”
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