Abhishek Bachchan reveals he rejected Rang De Basanti as a result of Rakeysh Mehra is the ‘world’s worst narrator’

Abhishek Bachchan has revealed that he was provided Rang De Basanti, however he turned it down. In the Hindi Actors Roundtable on Galatta Plus, the actor recalled how he could not grasp the narrative of the Aamir Khan-starrer due to how director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra narrated it. (Also Read: Abhishek Bachchan: ‘Every director I met said they didn’t want to take the responsibility of launching me’)

Abhishek Bachchan was offered Rang De Basanti
Abhishek Bachchan was provided Rang De Basanti

What Abhishek stated

Abishek recalled how earlier than their respective first movies within the late ‘90s, him and Rakeysh developed the script of a interval movie titled Samjhauta Express. They narrated it to Amitabh Bachchan within the hope that he would produce it underneath his banner ABCL. “That’s when I realised Rakeysh is the world’s worst narrator. Just read his script, never get a narration from him. He will confuse you, which he did to me during Rang De Basanti. 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,” Abhishek stated on the roundtable.

About Rang De Basanti

Rang De Basanti is a 2006 hit movie directed by Rakeysh Mehra. It starred Aamir Khan, Kunal Kapoor, Siddharth, Sharman Joshi, Atul Kulkarni, Soha Ali Khan, Kirron Kher, Waheeda Rahman, Anupam Kher, and Om Puri amongst others. While Abhishek did not reveal which half he was provided from the forged, different actors thought of for the supporting roles have been Arjun Rampal and Arjun Bajwa. Hrithik Roshan was additionally provided Siddharth’s half, however he was busy filming for his father Rakesh Roshan’s 2006 superhero movie Krrish.

Abhishek ultimately starred in Rakeysh’s subsequent directorial, Delhi-6, which additionally featured Sonam Kapoor, Divya Dutta, Om Puri, Aditi Rao Hydari, Rishi Kapoor, and Waheeda Rahman amongst others. It additionally had a cameo by Amitabh Bachchan as Abhishek’s late grandfather.

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