Choreographer-turned-director Farah Khan lately shared intriguing insights into the casting strategy of her movie Essential Hoon Na throughout an episode of Mashable India’s present, The Bombay Dream. She revealed that many actors like Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan and Sohail Khan turned down Zayed Khan’s function, Ayesha Takia refused Amrita Rao‘s function whereas veteran actors like Naseeruddin Shah, Nana Patekar and Kamal Haasan rejected Suniel Shetty‘s function within the movie.
Talking to casting director Mukesh Chhabra, Farah mentioned that Shah Rukh Khan all the time agrees to do her movies, nevertheless, she all the time face challenges with regards to casting different actors in her movies. She disclosed Shah Rukh and Sushmita Sen had been the one confirmed actors through the preliminary phases of Essential Hoon Na.
Recalling the last-minute addition of Zayed Khan to the forged, Farah revealed that Hrithik Roshan was initially thought-about for the function earlier than his skyrocketing success submit the discharge of Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai. “After the movie launched, Hrithik turned Hrithik and he left,” she added.
She then approached actors like Abhishek Bachchan and Sohail Khan for the function, nevertheless it didn’t work out between them. It wasn’t till she noticed Zayed Khan’s efficiency in a theater that she discovered her main man, only one or two months earlier than filming commenced.

Equally, the casting of Amrita Rao as the feminine lead underwent surprising twists and turns. Farah mentioned that she was initially eyeing Ayesha Takia for the function earlier than her dedication to a different undertaking.
“Amrita Rao got here on board simply 15 days earlier than the movie’s capturing. I initially needed to forged Ayesha Takia for Amrita’s function, however then Imtiaz Ali took her for Socha Na Tha. She advised me that she goes for 5 days, however she didn’t come again for 5 weeks. Then I began on the lookout for one other feminine lead,” she revealed.

Farah additionally shared her makes an attempt to forged Naseeruddin Shah, Kamal Haasan, and Nana Patekar for the detrimental function of a terrorist within the movie. Regardless of her efforts, all three actors declined the supply, resulting in Suniel Shetty ultimately taking up the difficult function.