Ravi Kishan reveals he was rejected for Gangs of Wasseypur because he demanded 25 litres of milk a day to bathe in, a bed of roses to sleep on

He said, “Main doodh se nahata tha aur gulaab ki pankhuriyon pe sota tha. Mujhe aisa lagta tha ke main actor hoon aur yeh sab bahut zaroori hai. Log jab aapko Al Pacino aur Robert De Niro ki filmein dikhane lagte hain, aur bolte hain ke yeh actors aisa karte they, tum bhi karo… Godfather 500 baar dikha diye, aur main desi breed ka kalakar. Khair, yeh sab naatak kiye they ki isse mahaul banta hai. Mujhe lagta tha ke main doodh se naha ke jaunga toh yeh charcha rahegi ki yeh doodh se nahata hai (It’s true, I used to bathe in milk and sleep on rose petals. I used to think of myself as a big star; I thought this was important. People would show me Al Pacino and Robert De Niro’s films, and tell me how they used to behave. I was shown The Godfather 500 times, but I’m a desi performer. So, yes, I used to make these demands. I thought if I bathe in milk, people would talk about it).”

Ravi said that there came a point when his demands backfired on him. “Gangs of Wasseypur film mein humein liye nahi kyunki woh bole kaun layega 25 litre doodh roz, aur kaun nehlayega, isse achcha lete hi nahi. Mera nuksaan bhi hua. Phir yeh sab chhod diye. Achanak jab aap fakiriyat se aate hain aur kuch paa lete hain aur aap chakachaund… Bambai mayanagri hai bahut badi, aapko paglaane mein time nahi lagta. Bambai turant paagal bana sakti hai aapko. Har jagah se paise baras rahe hain, jahan jaa rahe hain log photo le rahe hain. Initial stage mein abhi abhi superstar bana tha, thoda pagla gaya tha (They didn’t take me in Gangs of Wasseypur because they thought it would be impossible to arrange for 25 litres of milk every day for me. These demands harmed me, as well. But I’ve stopped making them now. When you come from nothing and suddenly get access to everything, money and fame, it’s not difficult to lose your mind. A city like Mumbai can drive anybody crazy, and I’ll admit that I lost control).”

The actor said that he improved and became ‘normal’ after his stint on Bigg Boss. He was told to participate on the show after his wife told him that he was becoming too full of himself. In a 2019 appearance on The Kapil Sharma Show, Ravi said that he regrets missing out on Gangs of Wasseypur, but said that he wasn’t cast because of false rumours that he wants to be treated like a king. “Yes, funnily this true, but I was surprised to when got to know about the reason. A random rumor that made around the corner was that I am an actor who throws tantrums on the set and likes to be treated like a King. Which is absolutely a rumor,” he was quoted as saying. Ravi worked with Gangs of Wasseypur director Anurag Kashyap eventually, on the film Mukkabaaz.