Shocking thing about the casting of ‘Dhurandhar’! Not Akshay Khanna, this powerful role was offered to someone else first.

New Delhi. While the story and direction played a major role in the strong success of Dhurandhar and Dhurandhar 2, its casting also remains a big topic of discussion. Recently, the film’s casting director Mukesh Chhabra made a big revelation in an interview that Akshay Khanna was not his first choice for the role of Rahman the dacoit. Initially three actors were approached for this role, which included a South Industry star and two Bollywood actors. However, everyone refused to do this character due to different reasons.

Why was the strong character rejected?

Mukesh Chhabra told that the actors who were offered this role gave very surprising reasons. Someone said that there are too many actors in the film, due to which their roles may get overshadowed. Another actor believed that since the film revolves around Ranveer Singh, his character would not be very effective. Due to these strange arguments, this powerful character passed through many hands and finally reached Akshay Khanna.

Akshaye Khanna immediately agreed

When this role was offered to Akshay Khanna, he listened to the story without much delay and agreed to the film on the same day. According to Mukesh Chhabra, Akshay is one of those artists who takes his decisions from his heart and does not depend too much on the opinions of others. This is the reason why he accepted this challenging character and breathed life into it with his acting.

More than 1000 auditions for ‘Yalina’

Another interesting thing about the film was that the makers were looking for a new face for the character of ‘Yalina’. Aditya Dhar and Mukesh Chhabra took more than 1000 auditions for this role. He believed that only a fresh face could give real identity to this character.

Record breaking performance at the box office

Dhurandhar and Dhurandhar 2 performed brilliantly at the box office and set new records. ‘Dhurandhar’ earned more than Rs 840 crore in India and more than Rs 1300 crore worldwide. At the same time, ‘Dhurandhar 2’ has gone even further and made record breaking earnings. Many actors rejected the role of Rahman dacoit in ‘Dhurandhar’, but Akshay Khanna accepted it and made it memorable, which became a major reason for the success of the film.