Randeep Hooda reveals why he rejected "Rang De Basanti"

Bollywood: Randeep Hooda revealed that Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra also approached him for Rang De Basanti, but he turned it down because of his ego.

"Rang De Basanti" by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra was one of the blockbuster films at the Box Office. In an interview with Shubhankar Mishra, Randeep revealed that Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra approached him for the role of  Bhagat Singh in the film, but Randeep turned the film down because of ego and arrogance.

When asked if he had ever lost out on films due to arrogance, Randeep revealed that he had turned down Rang De Basanti, saying, “Voh agar main karta toh shayad alag league mein aajata” (Had I done that film, I would have been in a different league). I was offered Bhagat Singh's role in the film. I did the audition, and they liked it. Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra would come to me, sometimes driving drunk, and he would ask me ‘kar le kar le picture karle (please do the film)."

Randeep admitted that he wanted to do the film, but at the time, he hardly knew only two people in the industry, his then-girlfriend and Director Ram Gopal Varma. At that time, his girlfriend advised him not to take on a small role in the film. He added, “RGV told me, ‘I’m thinking of casting you in the lead role in D, and you want to go stand behind Aamir in the poster?’ Meri Jaat akad nikal aayi (My Jaat arrogance came up), and I said, ‘I won’t stand behind Aamir.’ That happened, and I also left Rock On for similar reasons. I’ve always worked with slightly different kinds of filmmakers and producers, not the industry insiders—maybe that’s why my growth was slower. I used to think I was enough and that craft was everything, but that’s not the case.”

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