Bollywood has a great obsession with Hollywood and so the stars. While Bollywood, as a film industry, always tries to match the content and presentation to Hollywood level, many Bollywood stars don’t leave a chance to work in a Hollywood film. However, there are many stars who turned down big Hollywood film offers for the sake of Bollywood films. Have a look-
Irrfan Khan was offered Interstellar
Irrfan Khan who is already popular in Hollywood for his work in films like Jurassic World, Inferno, Life Of Pi, The Amazing Spiderman had to turn down the offer by mighty Christopher Nolen and that too for his epic sci-fi film Interstellar.
Reportedly, when Irrfan was offered the film, he was shooting for The Lunchbox and D-Day here in India. Extremely professional Irrfan decided to not hurt his previous commitments and thus declined this offer of the lifetime.
Akshay Kumar was offered an Untitled film with Dwayne Johnson
Akshay Kumar – The Khiladi of Bollywood has always maintained his action image, despite doing all kind of roles with perfection. The talented star was offered an untitled Hollywood film co-starring Dwayne Johnson. Though it would’ve been a kickass global project, Akshay decided to stick to his Bollywood films.
Aishwarya Rai was offered Troy
Bollywood’s much loved Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was offered a role in Brad Pitt starrer Oscar-nominated Troy. The Miss World 1994 turned down the offer as she was not comfortable doing the intimate scenes.
Shah Rukh Khan was offered Slumdog Millionaire
SRK was offered Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire and he rejected it because the role didn’t satisfy him. Later, the role was taken up by Anil Kapoor.
Priyanka Chopra was offered Immortals
Much before here actual debut in Hollywood industry, Priyanka was offered a role in Immortals which she couldn’t do due to her commitment with Vishal Bharadwaj for 7 Khoon Maaf. The role was later played by Freida Pinto.
Deepika Padukone was offered Fast & Furious 7
Deepika Padukone rejected a film as big as Furious 7 as she was shooting for Bollywood’s Happy New Year. Later she debuted in Hollywood with xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage.
Ronit Roy was offered Zero Dark Thirty
Ronit Roy was shooting for Karan Johar’s Student Of The Year when he was offered Zero Dark Thirty. The talented actor let the opportunity go due to his commitment with KJo.
Hrithik Roshan was offered The Pink Panther 2
Hrithik is famous worldwide for his hot looks and amazing physique but the star doesn’t get tempted with roles from Hollywood. He was offered the role of ‘Vicente’ in The Pink Panther 2 but declined it.
Dilip Kumar was offered Lawrence Of Arabia
Veteran actor Dilip Kumar declined a role in David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia back in 1962. Later it was taken up by Omar Sharif.
Madhuri was offered a Hollywood film
Madhuri Dixit was approached to play herself in a Hollywood film which was based on an American girl who wants to become a Bollywood heroine. Madhuri rejected the film as she was not convinced by its length.
Well, it feels great to notice that our stars have been offered such amazing roles in Hollywood films. What do you think?
