Remember the Chetan Bhagat book 2 States, which was eventually turned into a movie starring Alia Bhatt and Arjun Kapoor? There was a time when Vishal Bhardwaj was planning to adapt the same book with Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role. In a recent interview, Vishal revealed that he had thought of adapting the book in a non-college setting, like a bank, but SRK wasn’t fully onboard with that idea.
“We had differences over the setting of it. I wanted to set it up not in a college but in a bank. That’s where we were not…” Vishal shared with mid-day. When asked if Shah Rukh wanted the film to be set in a college, Vishal said that he wanted it “somewhere else, if not college.” The Omkara director said that they both regret that they couldn’t work together then, and till date, they talk about collaborating with each other.
“Even now, when I spoke to him after Jawan… Every year, whenever we meet, either at his birthday or any public function somewhere, we always say that we have to do a film together,” he shared. During the promotions of Khufiya a few months ago, he told News 18, “At one point, we came very close to doing a film. It was announced also and we were going to shoot but somehow it didn’t happen.” He also added, “I have a feeling, and even Shah Rukh Khan has told me he has a similar feeling – we will be able to do something together this time.”
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Vishal also opened up about the time when he was collaborating with Aamir Khan on a film titled Mr Mehta and Mrs Singh, but had to part ways. “Aamir also has a very strong creative view on the films he does. When he agreed to do that film, he may not have thought about it but when we were close to shoot, he was uncomfortable with a certain way I was seeing the film. He wanted that changed, and I thought that that’s the only way for me to make that film. If that’s not there, then I don’t want to make the film,” he shared.
Vishal said that they both acknowledged that they could only work on a film where one of them convinces the other, because they are both such headstrong individuals. “Again we parted ways, he said we are both so headstrong, we should work on something where either I convince you or you convince me. I don’t know when that day will come,” he said.
Vishal Bhardwaj recently directed Netflix film Khufiya.
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‘Shah Rukh Khan had differences, Aamir Khan became uncomfortable’: Vishal Bhardwaj reveals why projects with the two stars fell apart – The Indian Express
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