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Farah Khan has made big revelation about veteran South actor Kamal Haasan as she recalled approaching him for her directional debut film Shah Rukh Khan’s
Main Hoon Na. Farah jokingly mentioned that the actor asked her to duck off 'politely'.
When Kamal Haasan asked Farah Khan to 'duck off'
During the latest podcast on her YouTuber channel, featuring Shruti Haasan, Farah Khan recalled when she approached Shruti's father Kamal to play the role of antagonist, Raghavan Dutta in Shah Rukh Khan's 2004 release Main Hoon Na.
She mentioned, "Kamal sir was my first choice for Main Hoon Na, but then Suniel Shetty played that role. I went to Chennai to his office and narrated him the script, and he politely asked me to duck off." Though the filmmaker kept the reason to herself, it has since then raised many eyebrows of the veteran actor turning down the project.
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More about the film
The film, which marks Farah Khan's directorial debut, stars Shah Rukh Khan, Sushmita Sen, Suniel Shetty, Amrita Rao and Zayed Khan, alongside Kirron Kher, Murali Sharma, Kabir Bedi, Boman Irani, and Naseeruddin Shah. Released on April 30, 2004, it became a commercial success, grossing approximately Rs 80 crore, receiving positive response from critics. It is produced by Gauri Khan and Ratan Jain under the banners Red Chillies Entertainment and Venus Movies.
It went on to become the second-highest grossing film of the year, the first being SRK's Veer-Zaara.
Main Hoon Na is also the first production of Red Chillies Entertainment.
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