Saif Ali Khan is busy promoting his recently released series, Kartavya. It sees him playing the role of an intense cop. His performance, rooted in realism, resonated well with critics and audiences. However, the actor revealed that roles like these do not come to him often. He also shared that one of his landmark films, Parineeta, was also not meant for him initially.
In a conversation with News18, he shared, “I had to convince filmmakers that I can be more than a metrosexual guy a couple of times,” he says.
The actor continued, “Mr Vidhu Vinod Chopra is an amazingly encouraging person. He was making Parineeta. We were speaking to each other, and he told me that he was looking to cast someone else as Shekhar. He told me that that actor’s career hadn’t worked out the way he wanted. I was told that he has pain and I didn’t. I said to Mr Chopra, since when is failure a prerequisite to getting a role? We had a bit of a joke on that. He thought I’m a bit ‘rom com-y’. I talked to him about it and tried to convince him to give me a shot at playing Shekhar.”
He further revealed that he was first offered Akshaye Khanna’s role in Race but had to convince the makers to give him a different role.
“I also had to convince the makers to give me the role that I eventually played in Ek Hasina Thi. Even in Race, they wanted me to play Akshaye Khanna’s role. It was an amazing role, but I told them that I want to play the elder brother, who’s a little more responsible.”
Meanwhile, Saif Ali Khan will be next seen in Haiwaan and Hum Hindustani.
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