Kalki Koechlin was advised she’d get ‘drowned’ by presence of Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

Ayan Mukerji’s romantic comedy Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani accomplished a decade since launch this yr. Kalki Koechlin joined her total crew in celebrating the event, and the photographs made followers go down the reminiscence lane. However, in a brand new interview to Bollywood Hungama, Kalki revealed that she was warned in opposition to signing the movie again then. (Also Read: 10 years of Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani: Why Naina and her story deserve your consideration greater than Bunny)

Kalki’s confession

“I was told by quite a few people (not to do Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani). Because it was early in my career, and it’s all about strategising. People told me, ‘You’d be drowning in this film.’ There are two main big actors so your part would probably be edited out. They had those thoughts and doubts,” Kalki mentioned within the interview.

She added that she modified her thoughts when she met Ayan. “The way he spoke about Aditi (her character)… he started telling me childhood stories about how Aditi, Bunny (Ranbir Kapoor), and Avi (Aditya Roy Kapur) used to hang out. He had the whole thing in his head. I knew Aditi was a character that would light up the screen. She was boisterous and exciting. I knew it was a good character after meeting him.”

Kalki in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

Kalki performed Aditi, one of many 4 associates within the pack, together with Bunny, Avi, and the beginner Naina (Deepika Padukone). They go on a visit to Manali collectively. While she has a crush on Avi then, years later, she will get married to a different man (Kunaal Roy Kapur).

Directed by Ayan, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani was produced by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions. It additionally starred Farooq Sheikh, Tanvi Azmi, Evelyn Sharma, Poorna Jagannathan, Dolly Ahluwalia, and Rana Daggubati. The movie, made on a funds of ₹40 crore, went on to earn ₹320 crore on the world field workplace.

About Kalki

Kalki made her debut with Anurag Kashyap’s 2009 romantic black comedy Dev.D. She most not too long ago appeared in Season 2 of Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti’s Made in Heaven. She will subsequent be seen alongside Deepti Naval in Goldfish, an English language movie slated to launch in Indian cinemas on September 1.