Adi Irani is best known for his role as Vicky Malhotra in the 1993 film Baazigar, starring Shah Rukh Khan. The actor has played several memorable character roles in his career. He recently shared his woeful tales about the industry in an interview with Filmytantra Media. Irani said that he was supposed to do a role in the star-studded film Dil Dhadakne Do, but later found out that Parmeet Sethi had been cast in the role instead. He claimed that director Zoya Akhtar likes working with her friends, and said that she conducted an audition with him before deciding to go with Parmeet. Dil Dhadhakne Do, starring Anil Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Ranveer Singh, Farhan Akhtar, and Shefali Shah, was released in 2015. He said that he was adamant about playing a character with more meaty scenes than the one he'd been asked to audition for. "I explained to Zoya that I don't want my character to be seen throughout the film; the quantity of the scenes can be less, but there needs to be quality," he said. READ MORE: Kardashian sisters’ wedding outfits were ‘pre-approved by the Ambani family’, Kim asked Manish Malhotra if her red dress was too…. The actor said that while he was filming Welcome Back, Zoya hired Parmeet Sethi for the role, but he was not informed of this change. He said that during Welcome Back, Anil Kapoor even confirmed with him if he'd finalised the deal for Dil Dadhakne Do. "I mentioned that I wanted a more 'meaty' role, and Zoya told me that she would call me if she had something of that nature. I realised at that point that I was not going to get that part," he said. Irani added that when he was called for a second audition, he was given the lines for a different character, and he realised that he was not going to get the part that he initially auditioned for. "I was not informed about it," he said. Asked if he was left to speculate, Irani said yes. "It wasn't very professional of her, but who knows what she was thinking. It's very difficult to inform an actor that they've been axed. Everybody wants to be a diplomat in the industry, and people are not very frank and open; that is what I feel," said the Welcome actor. Irani also mentioned that directors and producers are currently only making films to earn money and that the stories no longer have an 'emotional touch' to them.
