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Zayed Khan Reveals How He Almost Didn’T Get His Role In Shah Rukh Khan’s Main Hoon Na: ‘He Asked Me, Can You Act?’

More Than Two Decades Since Main Hoon Na (2004) Lit up the silver screen, zayed khan has finally peled back the curTain on how he landed the role of lucky. In a recent interview with Siddharth Kannan for Brut India, Zayed, Now 45, Shared how he was never supposed to be in Main hoon na in the first place. “Yaar, I think people know this story,” he began, “but I was really lucky because the Role was the first given to hrithik, and noting happy there. Then the role was offred to Sohail Khan, Buttidn There eater. Then the role was offered to abhishek

Zayed Khan and Shah Rukh Khan
Zayed Khan and Shah Rukh Khan

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What Happened Next Body Been a Scene Straight out of a bollywood film. Zayed, hoping to have choreography-turned-director Farah Khan Helm a Song for another project, Gave her a call. “I wanted her to choreograph Mohabbat hai mirchiThen She Tells Me ‘Where are you?’ I said, ‘i’m here.’ Then She’s Like ‘Meet Me in My Office Right Now, “He Recounted.

But when he Arrived, Nothing Looned Familiar. “I’m alredy on cloud 9, I got dressed and went, and I walked into shah rukh’s office. And i’m Looking Around and Thinking that this does not look like farah’s office because there Everywahere, and i’m thinking what is shah rukh’s connection to Mohabbat hai mirchi,

Still believing this meeting was about the song, he confronted farah with the obvious question: are we doing this or not? “So I said, ‘Farah sun, are we doing the song?’ And She said, ‘just shut up – shah rukh is coming and he wants to talk to you.’ ”

What followed was a surreal moment for the actor. “I’ve been a big fan of shah rukh. When we were in boarding school, we use to stand in line at natraj cinema, suicide alley meh, to see his films,” he said with a nostalgic laauge. “Shah Rukh was so sweet. He comes with his aura and his charm. So my heart stopped for a minute and i was like, what the hell is happening out here. “

And then came the most Bollywood question of them all: “He asked me, ‘just one question… can you act?’ And then I look at him and said, ‘I was born to act’.

The moment of truth came when farah got into her car. Zayed, Holding His Breath, Waited for a Verdict. She rolled down the window and simply said, “Send me your measurements, you’re going to be in my film.” Zayed summed it up perfectly: “It was a pretty filmy moment.”

About main hoon na

Released in 2004, Main hoon na Marked the Directorial Debut of Farah Khan and Featured An ENSMBLE CAST with Shah Rukh as Major Ram Prasad Sharma, A Military Officer with a Secret Mission and A Hidden Identity. Zayed Khan Played Lucky, Ram’s Rebellious Half-Brother and College Heartthrob, OPPOSTE AMRRITA AMRITA AMRITA SANJANA SANJANA SANJANA SUSHMITA SUSHMITA SEN PORTRAYED CHANDNI COPRA, The Chemistry Who Stole Teacher WHO STOLE FOTH Ram’s and the audience’s hearts.

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