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Rapper Badshah recalled turning down the lead role in Karan Johar‘s short film in the Lust Stories anthology, because he was taking himself ‘too seriously’ at that stage, and didn’t think it would suit his image to play someone who can’t sexually satisfy their wife. Little did he know that Karan would also offer him a role in Good Newwz, but once again, he was being called upon to play a man who can’t have kids. Badshah eventually made his acting debut in the film Khandani Shafakhana, in which he played a character with erectile dysfunction.
In a chat with The Lallantop, Badshah recalled his near brushes with acting in Karan Johar productions. “I was offered Vicky Kaushal’s role in Lust Stories,” he said, and went on to narrate the story of how Karan approached him with it. “I thought Karan sir was joking. He said, ‘There’s a role of a guy who can’t satisfy his wife’. And I was like, ‘Yeh kya baat hui sir? Main aisa lagta hoon kya (Do I look like the kind of guy who can’t satisfy his partner)?'”
Asked if he actually said this to Karan, Badshah explained, “Yes, genuinely. We were judging a show called Dil Hai Hindustani, and he was sitting right next to me. He said, ‘There’s this role that I think will fit you’. I thought he was joking, or just being kind. But he brought it up again on the next shoot. Then Varun Dhawan came for a shoot and congratulated me on being launched by Dharma. But I declined that role, because I didn’t know if I’d be able to do it. I was taking myself too seriously.”
He said that he was also offered the role that eventually went to Diljit Dosanjh in Good Newwz, but at the time, Rajkummar Rao was attached to the main role. “I was trekking in Manali, and I saw Karan sir’s missed call. He summoned me to Mumbai, and Shashank Khaitan was there too. They told me to audition with Raj, but the role was of a character who can’t have kids… The role that I finally did was of a rapper with erectile dysfunction, in Khandani Shafakhana. I did it because I wanted to spread awareness, and it was a very good film.”
Lust Stories proved to be difficult to cast. Previously, Kriti Sanon had revealed that she turned down the female lead role, which eventually went to Kiara Advani. Good Newwz eventually starred Akshay, Diljit, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Kiara Advani. Coincidentally, both roles that Badshah turned down would have featured him opposite Kiara.
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