We Bet You Didn't Know That These Bollywood Actors Were Rejected For Popular Films After Auditioning
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- Authors: Avipsha Sengupta (Editorial Team)
Whenever we look at stars and their glamorous lifestyle, it is hard to imagine that their lives were ever anything apart from a bed of roses. However, almost in the case of every actor, things are pretty different. The way to Bollywood success usually goes through many twisty roads and rejections are a part of every star in Bollywood. While it is impossible to imagine any other actors in these films apart from the ones who did them, it came at the cost of other popular actors being rejected. Here are actors who were rejected after auditioning for some of the most popular films.
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Vicky Kaushal
In a recent interview, Vicky revealed that he had auditioned for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag but did not get selected.
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Ranveer Singh
Ranveer was also one of the actors who had auditioned to play Milkha Singh, but the part ultimately went to Farhan Akhtar.
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Alia Bhatt
Most people do not know that Alia actually auditioned for Ranbir's Wake Up Sid. She had also auditioned to play the younger self of Rani Mukerji in Black.
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Varun Dhawan
The hit machine of Bollywood had auditioned for Dhobi Ghat and even Life of Pi, but he was rejected in both the cases.
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Deepika Padukone
Deepika Padukone failed the look-test for Majid Majidi's Beyond The Clouds.
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Anushka Sharma
Rajkummar Hirani rejected Anushka's audition not once but twice. She had auditioned for both Munna Bhai MBBS and 3 Idiots but was rejected. They finally worked together in PK.
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Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar's audition for Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander was rejected and the role finally went to Aamir Khan.
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Sara Ali Khan
Sara Ali Khan had auditioned for Fatima Sana Shaikh's role in Thugs of Hindostan but was rejected by Aditya Chopra. Well, she dodged a bullet there.
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Mohit Marwah
Arjun and Sonam's cousin, Mohit Marwah had auditioned for Aashiqui 2 but was rejected.
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Karan Wahi
He was another actor who had auditioned for Aashiqui 2 but did not get selected.
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Ameesha Patel
She had revealed in an interview that she indeed auditioned for Lagaan but the role finally went to Gracy Singh.
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Shweta Bharadwaj
She was rejected by Anurag Kashyap for Dev D.
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Isabella Kaif
Katrina Kaif's sister had auditioned for LoveYatri but the role ultimately went to Warina Hussain.
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Special Mention: Kunal Nayyar
Although he is not a Bollywood actor, but Raj from The Big Bang Theory auditioned for Abhishek's role in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Delhi 6
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