Before Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan & Anil Kapoor Were Offered Baazigar; Here’s Why They Rejected It!
Anil Kapoor Was Offered Baazigar Before Shah Rukh Khan. (Photo Credit – Youtube/Instagram)
Baazigar is considered one of Shah Rukh Khan’s best movies and performances. At the beginning of his career, the actor agreed to do a negative role, which many big stars avoid doing even now. The Abbas-Mustan directorial also stars Kajol and Shilpa Shetty. The romantic thriller is based on the Hollywood film, A Kiss Before Dying (1991). But did you know that Anil Kapoor was the first choice to play Ajay Sharma/ Vicky Malhotra?
Yes, you read it right! Abbas-Mustan wanted the Fighter actor to play the main lead in their 1993 directorial. They even discussed the project with Kapoor, who rejected it, saying it’s too “risky”. The director duo revealed the same to Komal Nahta in the past.
In an old interview, the Baazigar directors said, “When we were ready with the story of Baazigar, we first went to Anil Kapoor.
Baazigar is considered one of Shah Rukh Khan’s best movies and performances. At the beginning of his career, the actor agreed to do a negative role, which many big stars avoid doing even now. The Abbas-Mustan directorial also stars Kajol and Shilpa Shetty. The romantic thriller is based on the Hollywood film, A Kiss Before Dying (1991). But did you know that Anil Kapoor was the first choice to play Ajay Sharma/ Vicky Malhotra?
Yes, you read it right! Abbas-Mustan wanted the Fighter actor to play the main lead in their 1993 directorial. They even discussed the project with Kapoor, who rejected it, saying it’s too “risky”. The director duo revealed the same to Komal Nahta in the past.
In an old interview, the Baazigar directors said, “When we were ready with the story of Baazigar, we first went to Anil Kapoor.
- 3/24/2024
- by Pooja Darade
- KoiMoi
Shah Rukh Khan Was Told His Career Is Over After Baazigar(Photo Credit –Instagram/IMDb)
Shah Rukh Khan can effortlessly play any character on screen. From a ruthless villain to a sweet lover to a superhero, Srk has time and again proved his versatility. What makes the superstar different from others is that he has always been open to experimentation and taking risks. At times, when leading stars just wanted to be the good guys on screen, Shah Rukh played the main villain in several movies.
One such movie in which Shah Rukh Khan impressed everyone with his villainous act is Baazigar. It was the first film in which the superstar played a villain and also stars Kajol and Shilpa Shetty. Srk’s character Ajay Sharma becomes an evil guy due to circumstances when his family is destroyed by Madan Chopra (Dalip Tahil). However, his actions make him as cruel as Chopra.
Shah Rukh Khan can effortlessly play any character on screen. From a ruthless villain to a sweet lover to a superhero, Srk has time and again proved his versatility. What makes the superstar different from others is that he has always been open to experimentation and taking risks. At times, when leading stars just wanted to be the good guys on screen, Shah Rukh played the main villain in several movies.
One such movie in which Shah Rukh Khan impressed everyone with his villainous act is Baazigar. It was the first film in which the superstar played a villain and also stars Kajol and Shilpa Shetty. Srk’s character Ajay Sharma becomes an evil guy due to circumstances when his family is destroyed by Madan Chopra (Dalip Tahil). However, his actions make him as cruel as Chopra.
- 3/17/2024
- by Pooja Darade
- KoiMoi
Haddi begins with a saree-clad Nawazuddin Siddique sharpening a blade and delivering dialogue in his unique ominous tone. Thus begins the journey of this film. Where else have we seen Nawazuddin being used to start a movie or a film with a voiceover? Yes, Sacred Games was that show, where Nawaz’s character, Ganesh Gaitonde, brought terror to our screens. Haddi is based in a similar universe, where gruesome violence is commonplace, and brutality is just a word. The only reality is power and money. Somewhere, Akshat Ajay Sharma, the director of the film, managed to introduce themes revolving around the lives of sexual minorities in the story. It’s great to see a film with great performances, that bring to the screen topics and characters, that have been seldom talked about. But is gangster-revenge-Drama the apt genre for these characters? Akshat seems to be so heavily inspired by Anurag Kashyap...
- 9/7/2023
- by Ayush Awasthi
- Film Fugitives
Mumbai, March 7 (Ians) Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma, who will be soon seen in the upcoming sports biopic “Chakda ‘Xpress”, recently visited her childhood home in Madhya Pradesh.
The actress is the daughter of an retired army Colonel Ajay Kumar Sharma, who was posted at Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, during Anushka’s childhood. The actress shared a video from her visit to her old home which is a government quarter in Mhow.
While sharing about the pool where she learnt swimming and the scooter rides with her father, Anushka wrote: “Revisiting Mhow, MP. The place where I first learnt to swim as a kid, the place where my brother tricked me to ask for a video game on My birthday which only he played with of course, place where I had many scooter rides with my dad and the place that will always have a piece of my heart.”
In the video,...
The actress is the daughter of an retired army Colonel Ajay Kumar Sharma, who was posted at Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, during Anushka’s childhood. The actress shared a video from her visit to her old home which is a government quarter in Mhow.
While sharing about the pool where she learnt swimming and the scooter rides with her father, Anushka wrote: “Revisiting Mhow, MP. The place where I first learnt to swim as a kid, the place where my brother tricked me to ask for a video game on My birthday which only he played with of course, place where I had many scooter rides with my dad and the place that will always have a piece of my heart.”
In the video,...
- 3/7/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Actress Anushka Sharma has taken inspiration from her father Ajay Kumar Sharma to promote positivity.
She says her father taught her to do the right thing and have compassion as it takes special substance to be compassionate.
"My dad always told me two things - do the right thing always and have compassion in your heart no matter the circumstances.
It takes special substance to be compassionate. This world is a circle of life. What goes around comes right back around," she said.
Anushka, on Friday, released a video property called 'Happy Tweets' in which she read out positive tweets on social media.
On the Bollywood front, the 31-year-old actress was last seen on screen in "Zero" alongside superstar Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif.
She says her father taught her to do the right thing and have compassion as it takes special substance to be compassionate.
"My dad always told me two things - do the right thing always and have compassion in your heart no matter the circumstances.
It takes special substance to be compassionate. This world is a circle of life. What goes around comes right back around," she said.
Anushka, on Friday, released a video property called 'Happy Tweets' in which she read out positive tweets on social media.
On the Bollywood front, the 31-year-old actress was last seen on screen in "Zero" alongside superstar Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif.
- 9/6/2019
- GlamSham
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