Muscle Man’s Sour Grapes Over Multi-Starrer Gig?

January 20, 2011

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Whispers in industry corridors suggest that a brawny actor, one among a pack of heroes in an upcoming big-ticket thriller from a top filmmaker, has been quietly badmouthing the project in private circles. His gloomy prediction? That the film could spell trouble for its leading lady’s career. But insiders say the bitterness may have less to do with the film and more with bruised ego.

Turns out, the role apparently wasn’t meant for him in the first place. The director had initially approached the heroine’s actor boyfriend, who reportedly declined, unwilling to be just one face in a crowded ensemble. With the part demanding more physique than performance, the filmmaker swiftly roped in this fitness-flaunting star as a replacement — a move that hasn’t gone down too well with him since.

Those in the know claim he’s hardly banking on this thriller anyway. The actor is said to be far more comfortable in glossy, light-hearted entertainers where his chiseled frame does most of the talking. Conveniently, he already has a couple of such shirt-ripping crowd-pleasers lined up, which he’s counting on to keep his box-office mojo intact.

Source

https://openthemagazine.com/voices/the-big-fallout-with-iifa

Guess

 Zayed Khan, the leading actress Deepika Padukone, her then-boyfriend Siddharth Mallya, and the film’s director Ashutosh Gowariker –  Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey