August 04, 2021
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Rang De Basanti has become a cult film and is one of the best movies of Aamir Khan’s career.
In his biography, the director revealed that Aamir tried to convince Hrithik Roshan to play the character of Karan Singhania, which Tamil actor Siddharth later played.
The film’s casting was incredible, and the role of Karan wasn’t just offered to Hrithik but also Farhan Akhtar and Abhishek Bachchan.
The film’s casting was incredible, and the role of Karan wasn’t just offered to Hrithik but also Farhan Akhtar and Abhishek Bachchan.
"Every known actor kept declining the role to play Karan Singhania. I had first offered it to Farhan Akhtar. This was a time when he had never acted in a film before."
When I narrated it to Abhishek, he told me point-blank, ‘I thought you are crazy, but after hearing your narration, I think you are completely nuts.”
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra added, “I requested Aamir Khan to put in a word with Hrithik Roshan. Aamir even went to Hrithik’s house. ‘It’s a good film kar le’ (do it). But it wasn’t meant to be
Finally, Siddharth signed on the dotted line in January 2005, one month before the shoot. He had never done a Hindi film before.
Bharathi had seen the Tamil film Boys, starring Siddharth, a couple of months before the shoot, & his energy & combination of innocence & naivety came through. She thought he could pull off well.