Chitrangada rejects Kamal Hassan's offer for Sudhir Mishra

Mumbai: To accommodate the dates for her mentor Sudhir Mishra's new film, the actress says no to the South star.

To accommodate the dates for her mentor Sudhir Mishra's new film, Chitrangada Singh has actually said no to Kamal Hassan, who was looking to cast her in his next.

Contrary to reports that Mishra is upset with the actress for stepping into mainstream films, buzz is that the filmmaker encouraged Chitrangada to accept Hassan's offer.

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  Akshay Kumar, Chitrangada Singh, John Abraham and Deepika Padukone starrer 'Desi Boyz' will be released on 25 November, 2011.

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  'Desi Boyz' is directed by Rohit Dhawan, David Dhawan's son.

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  Rohit Dhawan chose Akshay Kumar and Chitrangada Singh for his film as they have never been cast together.

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  'Desi Boyz' is a film set in London. It also stars John Abraham and Deepika Padukone.

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  In 'Desi Boyz' Akshay Kumar and John Abraham play best friends.

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  Circumstances force Akshay and John to turn strippers.

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  Both Akshay Kumar and John Abraham are craving for a box office hit. Hope 'Desi Boyz' works for them.

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  Chitrangada Singh is better known for portraying serious roles onscreen. She will be seen in a glamorous avatar in 'Desi Boyz'.

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  Akshay and Chitrangada look great on screen together.

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  In 'Desi Boyz' Akshay and Chitrangada will be seen as a serious couple. Whereas, John and Deepika will bring in the fun factor in the film.

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  Chitrangada was last seen in 'Yeh Saali Zindagi'.

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  In 'Desi Boyz' Chitrangada plays Akshay Kumar's teacher.

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  Now it will be interesting to see how a strict teacher falls in love with her student.

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  Being released on 25 November, 2011 'Desi Boyz' is one of the most awaited films of the year.

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  Sanjay Dutt has also done a cameo in the film.

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  Pritam has composed the music of 'Desi Boyz', which is already topping the charts.

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  John and Akshay were last seen together in 'Garam Masala' a few years back.

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  Both of them have denied the reports that 'Desi Boyz' is a sequel to 'Garam Masala'.

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  Omi Vaidya is also a part of 'Desi Boyz'.

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  'Desi Boyz' is being released on November 25, 2011.

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To accommodate the dates for her mentor Sudhir Mishra\'s new film, the actress says no to the South star.

Apparently Haasan who is directing his Hindi-Tamil bi-lingual 'Vishwaroopam' round-the-clock, contacted Chitrangda for a very special role. As the dates clashed with Mishra's untitled film (that also stars Arjun Rampal) the actress begged off.

Says a source, "Kamalji needed immediate dates for Vishwaroopam. Chitrangda loved her role. But the dates were clashing with Mishra's film which he has been shooting on a war footing to make the New Year deadline.

However, when he heard about the offer he urged Chitrangda to take it up. He was willing to adjust his schedule so that she didn't miss out on the chance of working with Kamal Haasan."

Speaking about her decision to go with Mishra's film, Chitrangda says, "It's true I was offered Hassan's film. And believe me, it was a dream come true. It took all my willpower to decline the offer. It clashed with Sudhir's (Mishra) film. So I had to say no."

Also, trashing reports that her mentor was miffed with her efforts to embrace mainstream cinema, Chitrangda retorts, "It's really funny because Sudhir himself is doing just that. He is trying to bring the language of his cinema closer to the mainstream language.

We succeeded to a large extent in bridging that gap with 'Yeh Saali Zindagi', which is his most commercially successful film. It wasn't 'Desi Boyz' in terms of budget, prints and reach. Now we're doing the untitled film with Arjun Rampal which is even more mainstream, and then Mehrunissa which is Sudhir's biggest film to date."

The actress further adds, "He is constantly advising me to try all kinds of cinema. He was really disappointed when I had to say no to Kamal Hassan."

Also See

• Chitrangada happy with move to commercial cinema
• Chitrangada teams up with Mishra in 'Inkaar'
• 'Desi Boyz' is like a debut for me: Chitrangada

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