Pakistani actor Imran Abbas, known for his brief stint in Bollywood, recently revealed in an interview with Nida Yasir on her show Shan-e-Suhoor, that he turned down offers from renowned filmmakers like Mahesh Bhatt, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Rajkumar Hirani. He mentioned regretting rejecting films like Aashiqui and PK, and clarified that he didn’t decline the role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s upcoming film Heeramandi; it was shelved.
In an interview with Arry Digital’s YouTube channel, Imran said, “Career wise main peeche mud ke dekhta hun, Aashiqui jaise film chodh di, sab kehte hai, ‘Aashiqui chodh di, itni badi film, aree Ram Leela ko tumne na keh diya ki unko.’ PK mein ho Sarfaraz wala role tha, Heeramandi jo abhi inki film aa rahi hai Sanjay Leela Bhansali ki, wo toh maine mana nahi ki thi, shelf ho gayi thi. Guzaarish ek film thi jo Aditya Roy Kapur waala role tha. In terms of my career, I often look back. I’ve passed on films like Aashiqui. Everyone says, ‘You turned down Aashiqui, such a big film, and you didn’t even say no to Ram Leela.’ I was offered the role of Sarfaraz in PK. Also, I didn’t decline the offer for Heeramandi, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s upcoming film; it was shelved. Guzaarish was a film that had Aditya Roy Kapur’s role).”
He also said that Aashiqui 2 was his biggest project. He said, nowadays, everyone claims they were offered Aashiqui, but one can ask Mahesh Bhatt himself, the only official offer made by director Mohit Suri and the producer was only for him. “Aashiqui 2 sabse bada project tha. Ab toh har koi keh raha hota hai ki mujhe bhi Aashiqui offer huyi, aap Mahesh Bhatt se jake pooch lijiye that the only official offer made by the director Mohit Suri and the producer, wo sirf mujhe hi unhone ki thi. Lekin log mujhe ehsaas dilane ki kosish karte hai ki ye kya kar diya, wo toh itni badi film thi aur kaunsi film kar ke aa gaye, wo itni hit nahi huyi. Bhai please aap mujhe depress karne ki kosish na karein, main nahi hoyunga.”
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