No Emraan Hashmi as Mehmood, no Ranbir Kapoor in Dhoom 4 - times when actors officially denied their casting
Here's the latest update from the Bollywood world:
Being a public figure and speculation about one's professional (and personal) choices go hand in hand. Whether your favorite star is starring in a particular movie or not, too creates headlines. In the recent past, instead of letting such rumors die a natural death, actors made it a point to come on record and clarify things themselves. Here is a round up:
Adding to this, Ranbir Kapoor, Emraan Hashmi Emraan Hashmi not playing Mehmood Emraan Hashmi The RD Burman biopic, shared to be directed by Neeraj Pandey, has seen a flurry of activity around it every few days. After the speculation that Akshay Kumar will play the role of his father-in-law, late legend Rajesh Khanna, came another news: Emraan Hashmi allegedly coming on board to step into the shoes of the late Mehmood. However, Emraan rubbished all such claims when he took to X on August 11, “Just to clarify, the reports about me playing Mehmood saab in a biopic are untrue. I haven’t been approached for the movie, nor am I doing it.”
Meanwhile, Its been 13 years since the last Dhoom installment, starring Aamir Khan, rolled out. Who would step into the crucial antagonist role has been discussed widely. At one point, even Shah Rukh Khan was thought to be in talks. Ranbir Kapoor 's name was the more recent one. However, the star spilled the beans while promoting Ramayana at the San Diego Comic Con in July this year. He told the media when asked about him doing Dhoom 4, “No, right now I am working on Ramayana and another movie called Love & War, which is directed by Mr Sanjay Bhansali. That should be out on January 24 next year.” The movie itself is yet to be revealed officially.
Notably, Multiple reports earlier this year began claiming that star Vikrant Massey has been replaced by Raghav Juyal in Nitesh Tiwari's soon-to-release epic Ramayana. However, Vikrant posted on Instagram and wrote in a soon-deleted Story, “OK. To put things to rest, I was never a part of this movie. Am not, never was… Nonetheless, wishing everyone on Ramayana all the very best. Will surely buy a ticket and watch it in cinemas.”
As per the latest buzz, Rishabh Suri writes for the daily Entertainment & Lifestyle supplement HT City. From Bollywood to Hollywood, from Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam films, to OTT and television- he covers it all.
Source: Hindustan Times