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| KV Vijayendra Prasad says four top actors rejected Bajrangi Bhaijaan |
Gowri Ramesh, July 20, 2015, Bangalore, NewsCrunch
KV Vijayendra Prasad, who wrote the Bajrangi Bhaijaan story, has revealed that four top actors including Aamir Khan and Rajinikanth rejected the movie till Salman Khan agreed to star in it.
Bajrangi Bhaijaan producer Rockline Venkaesh, who picked up the story from KV Vijayendra Prasad, wanted to make the movie in Hindi and approached Aamir Khan through a common acquaintance, reports Bangalore Mirror.
Though Aaamir Khan liked the plot, his call sheet was loaded. To attempt the movie in other languages Rockline Venkatesh approached Tamil, Kannada and Telugu stars Rajinikanth, Puneeth Rajkumar and Allu Arjun, all of who declined the offer.
Rockline Venkatesh then came across Kabir Khan, who took him to Salman Khan and made him narrate the story. Rest as they say is history.
KV Vijayendra Prasad is happy that Salman Khan got to play the lead role; the Khan who is known for his generosity and Being Human work was the best for the for the role, he says.
KV Vijayendra Prasad says Bajrangi Bhaijaan story is inspired by a 1987 Chiranjeevi movie Pasivadi Pranam. It was music director Keervani, who suggested him to give an Indian-Pakistani backdrop to the movie.
For the record KV Vijayendra Prasad, father of director Chandramouli, has the distinction of delivering two super hits in the same week: Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Bahubali.