Abhishek Bachchan has revealed that he was offered Rang De Basanti, but he turned it down. In the Hindi Actors Roundtable on Galatta Plus, the actor recalled how he couldn’t grasp the narrative of the Aamir Khan-starrer because of how director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra narrated it.
Abhishek Bachchan recalled how Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra offered him Rang De Basanti, but he couldn’t grasp the film because of his confusing narration.
Abhishek Bachchan Said Rakeysh Was a Bad Narrator
Abhishek Bachchan reviewed how before their separate first movies in the last part of the ’90s, he and Rakeysh fostered the content of a period film named Samjhauta Express. In the hope that Amitabh Bachchan would produce it under his ABCL banner, they told it to him. That is the point at which I understood Rakeysh is the world’s most terrible storyteller. Never listen to his narration; simply read his script. Like he did to me during Rang De Basanti, he will confuse you.
What Abhishek Said
Abhishek said at the roundtable – ‘I didn’t understand why are they cutting from time zone to time zone. It was called Painted Yellow in those days. I said, ‘Mujhe samajh nahi aayi, mujhe nahi karni’ (I didn’t get it, I don’t want to do it). Then he made Rang De Basanti. Next time he came for Delhi-6, I said, ‘Han, kar lo.’ (Ya, let’s do it) I didn’t even read the script,”.
About Rang De Basanti
- Rang De Basanti is a 2006 hit movie coordinated by Rakeysh Mehra.
- It featured Aamir Khan, Kunal Kapoor, Siddharth, Sharman Joshi, Atul Kulkarni, Soha Ali Khan, Kirron Kher, Waheeda Rahman, Anupam Kher, and Om Puri among others.
- Arjun Rampal and Arjun Bajwa were also considered for supporting roles, though Abhishek did not specify which role he was offered from the cast.
- Hrithik Roshan was likewise offered Siddharth’s part, yet he was in the middle of recording for his dad Rakesh Roshan’s 2006 superhuman film Krrish.
Abhishek Bachchan eventually starred in Rakeysh’s next directorial, Delhi-6, which also featured Sonam Kapoor, Divya Dutta, Om Puri, Aditi Rao Hydari, Rishi Kapoor, and Waheeda Rahman among others. It also had a cameo by Amitabh Bachchan as Abhishek’s late grandfather.