MUMBAI: Actor Abhishek Banerjee made a reputation for himself in films like Dream Girl 2, Vedaa, Bhediya, Stree, and more. He revealed that he lost out on a part in the 2012 Dharma Production movie Agneepath. Banerjee went through the casting process for the movie and revealed that he was not selected for the role.
Abhishek revealed that he was very young during that time, and said, “Dharma ke dawaze humare liye humesha ke liye band ho gaye the. Hua tha Hrithik wali Agneepath mai nikal diya tha unhone. There was a reason for it, Karan sir was there, and we were kids at that time, 32-33 years old. Piyush Mishra recommended our name to Karan Johar.”
He further added, “It was a Dharma film, before that I did Dirty Picture. It was a big film, and I was on cloud nine when I got a Dharma film. The casting began and we were at that time, Anurag Kashyap type Gangs of Wasseypur's characters. They wanted to cast villains in Agneepath, and we were there but it did not suit them. Karan Johar ko laga inko thodi khada karunga mein Hrithik ke samne, they wanted some kind of presence. Humara khurafati dimag inko samajh nahi aa raha hai hum de rahe hai aache actors.”
Agneepath is an action-crime movie directed by Karan Malhotra and produced by Hiroo Yash Johar and Karan Johar under Dharma Productions.
Key characters in the movie include Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Dutt, Rishi Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Kanika Tiwari, Om Puri, and Zarina Wahab. It is a remake of the Amitabh Bachchan-starring, Mukul S. Anand-directed movie of the same name from 1990.
Banerjee succeeded in success in the industry despite the setback. He is having a great career thanks to the popularity of his films Vedaa and Stree 2. In addition, he features in the South film Suriya 44.
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Credit- Free Press Journal
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