Filmmaker-actor Rajat Kapoor tells he faced an awkward
moment while casting for his movie "Ankhon Dekhi".
Kapoor's first choice for the main role was Sanjay Mishra,
but when he couldn't contact the actor, he approached Naseeruddin Shah for the
same.
As luck would have it, when Naseer gave his nod for the
role, Sanjay too returned and the director found himself in a fix.
"When Sanjay had become unavailable and unreachable, I
approached Naseer sir. But fortunately or unfortunately he (Sanjay) came
back," Kapoor said.
Directed by Kapoor, "Ankhon Dekhi" is slated for a
March 21 release.
"In the meantime, Naseer sir had read the script in
three days and he liked it and by that time Sanjay had come back and I must say
it was a bad timing, terrible timing."
"But Sanjay was my first choice and I went through a
lot of shit. I told Naseeruddin Shah I will give him some other role in the
same film, but he said he will not do it. Then I wrote a long mail and he
replied nicely, saying Sanjay deserves it and all. But it was an awkward
moment."
A quirky film, "Ankhon Dekhi" revolves around Raje
Bauji (Sanjay), a man in his late 50s, living out a dreary but eventful life in
a small house in old Delhi , in
which he lives with his extended family.
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