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Imran Khan is taking his fans and followers on a trip down memory lane with anecdotes from the films he worked on. Today, the actor looked back at his experience working on Kidnap with Sanjay Dutt and Minissha Lamba. He revealed producers weren't enthusiastic about signing him as his debut film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na was yet to release.
Sharing BTS pictures from the sets of Kidnap, Imran wrote on Instagram, "I was close to wrapping the shoot of Jaane Tu... when I was called in to audition for Kidnap. Director Sanjay Gadhvi was hot off the first two Dhoom movies, and I had a shot at playing antagonist to @duttsanjay so it was a huge opportunity! A number of young actors were up for the parts of Kabir and Sonia; I did screen tests with a couple of actresses before @minissha_lamba was locked, and she was tested opposite a few other actors."
He added, "Bear in mind that since Jaane Tu had not yet released, I was not considered to have any star value, so the producers were not very enthusiastic about casting me... I got the part thanks to dual support from the director, and writer Shibani Bathija, for which I am grateful to this day."
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Imran further revealed, "Still, I was not important enough to be given a complete script; I was only allowed to read the scenes I was in, and was only given printouts of my scenes a day or two before they were scheduled to be shot. The Vikrant Raina storyline was a complete mystery to me until the release of the film! It was a very different working style than I had experienced, and I often felt intimidated by the scale of the production."
The actor concluded the note by saying, "It was 2007, and I was still using a Nokia, so I simply don't have a lot of pictures from the shoot (@minissha_lamba any chance you've still got that picture you took? Post it if you find it!)... but thankfully I found one with Minissha! She was lovely to work with; intelligent, articulate, and self-assured. Here's us in Mauritius, enjoying the Awesome Mausam!"
According to the buzz, Imran is gearing up to make a comeback after a long gap.
