Priyanka Chopra Didn't Want To Do Akshay Kumar's Aitraaz!

Priyanka Chopra Didn't Want To Do Akshay Kumar's Aitraaz

There is an interesting remark that director of Aitraaz Subhash Ghai made about casting Priyanka for the role while designing her look for the film. Ghai said in one of the interviews that there are times he went to actors to beg them to do his film because he believed the actor he wanted could do justice to the role.

Speaking about the same, he said, "Humara bhi ek constitution hota hai, aur us hisaab se we analyse ki us role ko sabse acha kaun justify kar sakta hai. Toh kai baar aisa hua hai ki main gharon mein ja ke request kar-kar cast kiye hai actors. Bahut se aise log the, and bahut logo ko maine chance diya (We also have a constitution, and accordingly we analysed who can best justify that role. So it has happened many times that I have gone to homes and requested actors to cast them. There were many such people, and I gave a chance to many people)."

Then the director revealed that Priyanka Chopra and Simi Grewal were not ready to do Aitraaz and Karz respectively. "I never dominated or pressured an actor to work in my movie. There are instances when I requested them. Simi Garewal kaam nahi karna chahti thi Karz mein. Priyanka Chopra Aitraaz nahi karna chahti thi. Maine kitna manaya unhe (Simi Grewal did not want to work in debt. Priyanka Chopra did not want to object. I tried so hard to convince her). This is because I think that these actors would be perfect for particular roles."

Btw Priyanka did gave a commendable performance in Aitraaz in 2004. She also joined the list of the best leading ladies of Bollywood for getting the Best Actor in Negative Role Filmfare Award along with Kajol’s Gupt (1997). After two decades of the Aitraaz, Subhash Ghai is preparing to produce the sequel of Aitraaz.

However, this time, Priyanka will not lead it. Speaking about the same, Subhash said, "Aitraaz ko bane 20 saal ho gaye. Toh hume aaj ke contemporary artiste, new generation ke actors ke saath banani padegi (It has been 20 years since we made Aitraaz. So we will have to make it with today's contemporary artists, new generation actors)." Ghai confirmed that his production house is working on Khal Nayak 2 and Aitraaz 2, "Abhi 3-4 mahiney mein jaise story and cast lock ho jayegi hum full-fledged announce kar denge (Now in 3-4 months the story and cast will be locked. and then we will make a full-fledged announcement)," Ghai concluded with a smile.