Karan Johar’s show Koffee With Karan 7 has been a serious hit with the layman. Recently, in a talk with Kiara Advani, Karan Johar made a strong statement that he indeed had a tough time selecting the actress to play Kiara’s part in Lust Stories.
As we know, The anthology film consists of four short films, directed by Karan Johar, Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar and Dibakar Banerjee, each of whom put the spotlight on female sexuality in modern India using their own unique lens. Karan’s directorial on the Netflix film had Kiara Advani and Vicky Kaushal in the lead. Radhika Apte, Manisha Koirala and Bhumi Pednekar were also seen in Lust Stories.
Karan confided in the episode that he had offered the role to Kriti Sanon first, and that the celebrity had declined the offer. A report on hindustantimes.com talked about it and we take reference from that story for our write up here.
Said Karan, “I had offered it (Lust Stories) to Kriti Sanon… and she said that her mom didn’t allow her. I thought everybody’s mom would stand in line, not allowing their daughters. It’s actually a very empowering story. It’s about a woman’s right to pleasure.”
Karan Johar continued, “So, I met Kiara at (fashion designer) Manish Malhotra’s house, and I just saw her, I knew her of course, I knew her as Alia Advani (Kiara’s birth name) then… so I met her and I asked ‘can you come tomorrow and meet me, it’s for a short film’. She came and she heard it and then she was a little zoned out. She said ‘are you directing it?’ I said yes. Then she said ‘yeah! I’m doing it’.”
What do you have to say this offer that Kriti got? Do you think she would have done well in the part?
