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This Shah Rukh Khan co-star wanted to make a film with John Abraham, shelved it later due to Salman Khan's 'Sultan'
In an exclusive conversation with SCREEN, Sethi said, 'The problem was the film I had written was on The Great Gama. I wanted to make that film and I went to Aditya Chopra with the script.' read more
Shah Rukh Khan's co-star from Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge Parmeet Sethi has spoken about how he was planning another film post Badmaash Company in 2010 and how he had to shelve it.
In an exclusive conversation with SCREEN, Sethi said, 'The problem was the film I had written was on The Great Gama. I wanted to make that film and I went to Aditya Chopra with the script. Just a week before, Aditya had approved a similar script, called Sultan, which they eventually made with Salman Khan. Aditya was like, 'I can't make two films about wrestlers.'
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He added, 'He was very sweet. He told me, you go out and approach others, I can help you in that. I stepped out of Yash Raj and I approached John Abraham. He loved the script. He was ready to both star and produce the film. We were both happy and started to work on it. Unfortunately, a month later, Salman Khan announced a project on the same subject. So our studio said there are two films coming on the same subject, Salman Khan has announced the film, we cannot take this forward.'
Parmeet continued, 'I was heartbroken. Even John was hurt. The script was mind-blowing, and even if picked up today, it will turn out to be a great film. So the gap that you see from 2010 to 2015, it was because of these struggles. Eventually, I returned to acting.'
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