‘I was forced…’ Hera Pheri 3 director Priyadarshan once wanted to cast Amitabh Bachchan instead of Paresh Rawal in…, but couldn’t due to…
Filmmaker Priyadarshan recently revealed that Paresh Rawal was not his first choice for THIS film and he wanted to cast Amitabh Bachchan instead.
The iconic collaboration of Priyadarshan and Paresh Rawal has given us some successful films such as Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar, Hulchul, Garam Masala, Bhagam Bhag and more. However, in a recent interview, Priyadarshan revealed that instead of Rawal, he wanted to cast Amitabh Bachchan in Hungama. But, the actor fell ill, leaving the veteran filmmaker with no choice but to cast Paresh in the film.
Priyadarshan is a huge fan of Amitabh Bachchan
In a conversation with Pinkvilla, Priyadarshan revealed his long-time desire to work with Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan. “See my biggest dream because I was a huge Amitabh Bachchan fan. I have fallen down from buying ticket to see films like Kasauti and all those movies and Deewar and all these films and I don’t think that I have ever seen a fan of anybody more than Amitabh Bachchan in my whole life. Even today. I always wanted to make a film,” He said.
Priyadarshan wanted to make Hungama with Amitabh Bachchan
Priyadarshan revealed that while planning to make his hit comedy Hungama, he wanted to cast Big B in Paresh’s role and said, “So, once I was planning to make Hungama, I was thinking to approach Amit ji for the role of Paresh Rawal in that, he would have done magic. Of course, Paresh did well. But then he (Amitabh) fell sick, he was not well, so I was forced to take Paresh.”
The Bhagam Bhag director said that he has made several attempts to prepare a script that perfectly suits Bachchan’s talent. Priyadarshan added, “Then so many times I was trying to make a script which suits him (Amitabh). And I think I have cracked something, I’m not sure whether it will happen or not. Now I’m making my last attempt to go to him with the script. But at the same time, that will be the only wish I have.”
About Hungama
Hungama is considered as one of Bollywood’s most entertaining comedy films of the 2000s. Helmed by Priyadarshan and produced by Venus Records & Tapes, the film features Paresh Rawal, Aftab Shivdasani, Akshaye Khanna, and Rimi Sen in lead roles
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