Shriram Raghavan made an action thriller film Badlapur with Varun Dhawan in 2015. While the film was a box office success, the performance of the young actor was also appreciated by fans. But do you know that the filmmaker was not the first option for VD role? In a special chat with Pinkvilla, the director revealed that he had also taken into account while writing to Irifan Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. read on!
Sriram Raghavan was in a clear conversation with Pinkvilla, talking about his film career. During the interview, the director revealed how he ended Varun Dhawan for a serious role in Badlapur. Raghavan credited producer Dinesh Vision for this. He then told how things fell into place and Varun became cast for the lead role.
A Hasina Thi Helmer shared with us that he had the basic subject of Badlapur, which he narrated to Sanjay and his brother, Sridhar Raghavan. However, both warned him against making the film, saying that it is very dark. “I was thinking of serious actors like Irrfan (Khan). He said,” This do not do “,” the filmmaker shared.
See the full interview below:
He said that a week later, he met Dinesh and told him the story of Badlapur. The producer asked him to move forward with the film when he promised not to dilute the story. When Vijan asked him which actor he had for the film, Raghavan said that Saif Ali Khan would not do so because his film, agent Vinod, did not work. Otherwise, he must have thought about it too.
This happens when the manufacturer of Sky Force suggested that he made someone very small like Varun Dhawan. Even though Johnny Gaddar manufacturer did not think about VD for the role, he felt that his brother Sridhar had married at the age of 21. Therefore, it was possible for young people to do a romance and a tragedy. “So, I thought it’s not a bad idea,” he expressed.
Then, there was a strange coincidence. The day Raghavan was visiting Dinesh, Varun called the producer. This is when the two decided to meet with the discriminatory actor and told him the story of the 2015 thriller.
“Varun also said with that story, then he asked me,” Do you think I can do this? ” I told him, ‘If you like it, you can do it.’ So, how did this happen immediately.
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