Not Roopa Ganguly, this Bollywood superstar was first choice to play role of ‘Draupadi’ in Mahabharat, she rejected offer…, now India’s…
This Bollywood actress was first offered the role of Draupadi in hit mythological show Mahabharat, but she turned it down for another film.
BR Chopra’s hit mythological show Mahabharat has a etched a distinct place in audiences hearts. The show related to Mahabharat has time and again mesmerised people. Actress Roopa Ganguly made a mark on television along with her epic portrayal of ‘Draupadi’ on this mythological show. But do you already know, that this Bollywood actress became first offered the role of Draupadi, but she turned it down for every other film.
This actress turned down the role of ‘Draupadi’ in Mahabharat owing to…
Within the course of the making of Mahabharat, the filmmaker revealed that 1500 out 15000 were shortlisted for an expansion of characters and screentests. The show became so iconic that many folks wanted to part of it. But this actress chose to point down some of probably the most popular character of Drapaudi. We are talking about none in preference to Juhi Chawla.
In an old interview with Arjun aka Firoz Khan, the actor revealed that in the origin Juhi became the one he used to rehearse his lines with. She became the one who became finalised for the role of Draupadi. Nevertheless, she rejected it as she wanted to make her debut in ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’ (1988). The actress got the lead role in Aamir Khan-starrer. Nevertheless, later Roopa Ganguly became chosen for this mythological drama, and she received widespread love for her portrayal in the epic saga. Also, Juhi, along with her acting debut in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, managed to snatch the limelight along with her impressive performance. Later, she established herself as one of many many important leading actresses of Hindi cinema with films like Lootere, Aaina, Darr, and Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke.
Roopa Ganguly on living the character for 2 years
Roopa talked about her character in Mahabharat to IndiaToday, said, “I feel I will need done better, be it the dialogue delivery or my expressions. I believe the entirety may need been better. This happens with every artiste, particularly me. I am dissatisfied when I see my previous works. I feel something became amiss. Above all, my lip colour, it became terrible. At that point, I was quite young and loved wearing pink lipstick.”
She also spoke in regards to the environment on sets, “On the sets of Mahabharat, we had a competitive environment. All of us were like if he is doing well, I should do better than him. Each one of us used to often practise their dialogues. We lived our characters for 2 years.”
Recently, Roopa your entire way through again found herself in the limelight, alternatively, now no longer for the correct reasons. The previous BJP MP became arrested by the Kolkata Police at some point of a protest outside a police station. She became advocating for his fellow birthday celebration member Rubi Das. Well, reports suggest that Ganguly became arrested as she obstructed the police rules.
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