Rahul Bhat wants to thank Vikram for skipping Kennedy: ‘Whenever I meet him, I will lie down at his feet’

Anurag Kashyap, in an earlier chat with FC, said, “I only cast people who are totally available and who will give everything. I did not write Kennedy for Rahul Bhat. I had a specific actor in mind when I wrote this script, which is why the film was called Kennedy Project. It was Chiyaan Vikram. His real name is Kennedy (Kennedy John Victor). I reached out to him, but he never responded.”

However, soon after, Vikram took to social media and said that he never got any of Anurag’s messages and got in touch with him when he learnt that the filmmaker was trying to approach him. Vikram said that they had a chat over the phone and he was “excited for the film as it has his name.” The actor tweeted, “Dear @anuragkashyap72 , Just revisiting our conversation from over a year ago for the sake of our friends and well wishers on social media. When I heard from another actor that you had tried to reach me for this film & that you felt I hadn’t responded to you, I called you myself immediately and explained that I hadn’t gotten any mail or msg from you as the mail id that you had contacted me on was no longer active and my number had changed almost 2 years before that. As I said during that phone call, I’m very excited for your film Kennedy and even more so because it has my name. I wish you great times ahead.”

Anurag Kashyap responded to Vikram and confirmed that he had indeed spoken to the actor but by the time that happened, they were only a month away from the shoot and everything was locked. The director noted that Vikram had shown an interest in reading the script as well. “He also graciously blessed us to use the name ‘Kennedy’ for the film. What I stated in the interview was the story behind, how the film got to be called Kennedy. There is no need for any overreaction,” he tweeted.