Singham: Not Kajal Aggarwal, This A-Lister Actress Was Approached To Play Ajay Devgn’s Love Interest

Dynamic director-actor duo Rohit Shetty and Ajay Devgn are all set for the much-anticipated cop drama Singham Again. The film is the sequel to the 2011 blockbuster Singham, which completes 13 years today. The film featured Ajay as a valiant cop named Bajirao Singham, the iconic character who left an indelible mark in the audience’s hearts and remains relevant.

If not as the protagonist, Ajay Devgn has time and again surprised his fans with his character cameos in Rohit Shetty’s Simmba (2018) and Sooryavanshi (2021). Kajal Aggarwal happened to be his first leading lady in the cop universe, playing his love interest, Kavya. However, if reports are to be believed, she was not the first choice for the cop drama.

It was only when her contemporary declined the offer that Kajal was roped in for the movie. And that South actress was none other than Anushka Shetty. Yes, Rohit approached the actress to play the first leading lady in the cop drama, making her Bollywood debut, but the Baahubali actress opted out. She later clarified why she couldn’t debut with Singham in Hindi cinema. “Yes, a lot was written in Mumbai about why I couldn’t do Singham, and so much of it was so untrue. But it was all because of a miscommunication regarding numbers (fee). So far, the offers from Mumbai have not been that inviting. But that may change soon,” she had told Deccan Chronicle.