Priyanka Chopra cried after she was offered Aitraaz, said she was ‘approached for a vamp’s role’
Priyanka Chopra has been active as an actor for the past two decades, but the film in 2004 Aitraaz is still considered one of the best works in his career. Producer Suneel Darshan, who worked with actors in one of your initial films, recently revealed that the actor cried after he was offered to play negative characters in Aitraaz.
The Abbas-Mustan film, which is loosely based on the disclosure of the Hollywood film, starring Akshay Kumar as Raj Malhotra who was accused of sexual harassment by his ex-girlfriend Sonia Kapoor, depicted by Priyanka Chopra. It also featured Kareena Kapoor as Akshay’s wife who also had a fight in court. The film ended with Sonia Priyanka taking her own life after she lost her case and her husband filed a divorce from him.
In this new conversation with Siddharth Kannan, producer Suneel Darshan revealed that both Akshay and Priyanka were initially not happy with the idea of making films. He said, “Akshay and Priyanka both want to not make a film. But I used my bond with them to see that they entered. Akshay has a problem with finance, I say ‘what is a little less or more important money in a film, think about the project.’ And Priyanka Chopra, he said he said he was approached for the role of Vamp and he was very upset, he cried, he went home and he went to sleep. “
Suneel further remembered, “I said after you wake up to the office. He was here and I pressed him about the importance of him doing that role. I think I drilled him to his head, and yes it was amazing for them to be in Aitraaz. “
Aitraaz received Priyanka’s critical praise and was nicknamed the breakthrough role in his career. The actor himself then described it as ‘the biggest learning experience in his career.’ He was last seen in the film 2021 The Matrix Resurrections and had a number of projects in the pipeline, including Jee Le Zaraa from Farhan Akhtar with Katrina Kaif and Alia Bhatt.
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