Ranbir Kapoor says John Abraham was supposed to do Rockstar before him, Imtiaz Ali offered him a film on marketing

The Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar actor said that he reminded Imtiaz of Rockstar and asked what happened to that film. “So he said that the guy who wrote the story for Rockstar, he himself wanted to direct and act in it so for that reason he did not make the film. Anyway we decided to part ways and three months later, he told me that he spoke that guy. So that’s how Rockstar happened,” he recalled.

Rockstar’s story credit was shared with Muazzam Beg. In a 2011 interview with Hindustan Times, Imtiaz said that his refurbished version of the script did not include much of Muazzam Beg’s version. “There is only one point of his story that’s been used this time, and he will be given a much bigger credit than he deserves,” he said.

In the same interview, Imtiaz had also mentioned that he replaced John because his new version of the protagonist was a much younger character. “When I took up the film again after the first attempt, I changed the character. I had started off with John, but now, as the story has changed, he was not required. The protagonist is now a Jat from Delhi, and much younger than the previous character,” he said.

Rockstar also starred Nargis Fakhri.