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The new season of Koffee With Karan (KWK) opened with a heartwarming episode featuring the couple Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh having a soulful conversation with the show’s host Karan Johar. While Karan and Ranveer’s camaraderie has been very prominent for the last few years, the filmmaker in an earlier episode of KWK Season 3 had shared how he advised director Aditya Chopra against casting Ranveer in his film Band Baaja Baaraat, which marked the actor’s big Bollywood debut.
The video from the old episode of KWK is now going viral on social media. In the clip, Karan is seen saying to Ranveer and Anushka, who co-starred in Band Baaja Baaraat, “I was meeting Yash uncle (Yash Chopra) for lunch. So some assistant directors were playing table tennis. Aditya Chopra pointed out that one of those boys is not AD, he is the boy who is starring in Band Baaja Baaraat. I said, ‘Who?’ Because I only saw like a group of ADs. I think you were wearing a pink shirt, I can’t remember properly. So I said, ‘He is in Band Baaja Baaraat? (laughs).'” Anushka jumped in and said, “Ouch.”
Karan went on and said, “Aditya told me, ‘He is a really good actor. You have no idea how good he is.’ I said, ‘But it doesn’t matter, he looks like this.’ I said, ‘I couldn’t imagine.’ Then I saw the poster of the film and I told them that they have to change this poster. I was like, ‘I have no hope. I’m not going to go and see this film because Aditya never calls me for any previews anymore. I went to see this film and I was like, ‘Oh my god. he’s a movie star.'”
Ranveer last starred in Karan Johar directorial Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani. Apart from turning out to be one of the most successful films of 2023, the film also received glorious reviews from critics.
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