When Nagarjuna Akkineni Said No To Dhurandhar!

One of the superhit roles from the amazing blockbuster Dhurandhar is none other than the one played by Akshaye Khanna. More than the film’s hero Ranveer Singh, the role of Rahman Dekait, played by the senior hero, got a terrific response, and the intro music given to his character at different places in the movie has become a super sensation now.

According to the grapevine, the role played by Akshaye Khanna was first offered to Telugu star Nagarjuna Akkineni. During that time,Nagarjuna was already doing a negative role, playing the main antagonist in Lokesh Kanagaraj’s Coolie movie, which has Superstar Rajikanth as the lead. And with other commitments like Sekhar Kammula’s Kubera going on, the senior Telugu star has said no to director Aditya Dhar, they say.

However, after watching Akshaye Khanna, one would naturally get a doubt if Nagarjuna would be really able to pull off the role of Rahman Dekait of Karachi’s Lyari Gang in the most convincing way. For intensity in acting, voice modulation, and catching the Balochi Urdu slang well, Akshaye won lots of appreciation already. Nagarjuna might not have replicated it, but surely he would have done it his own way.

At the same time, the item song in Dhurandhar was also offered to several A-listers, who have rejected it, and finally Krystle D’Souza and Ayesha Khan did it, who are making the most of the success from its fame now.