DYK: Not Aamir Khan, however Manoj Bajpayee was the primary alternative for cult traditional Rang De Basanti

Well that was the unique imaginative and prescient, earlier than Aamir heard of this movie within the making and bought himself concerned within the undertaking. The identical was revealed by Kamlesh Pandey, one of many screenwriters on the movie throughout a chat with Ravya Sarda for her YouTube present. Rang De Basanti was initially alleged to be a “small film”, and Manoj Bajpayee had already been signed on for the function of DJ/Chandrashekhar Azad.

Kamlesh recalled, “We had been roaming around with the script of the film for 6 years, and no one was ready to make that film. We had signed Manoj for the role that Aamir played finally. We thought we would make a small film; we didn’t have a big budget. The moment Aamir heard the script, he told us that he wanted to do the film, and he even got AR Rahman to come on the project. UTV, who had rejected the film twice in the past, immediately said yes to it”.

The core concern on the movie being constantly bypassed until it caught Aamir’s eye, was that no person was keen to place the time in to know the script and the movie’s message. Kamlesh stated, “Producers thought that this was a Sholay remake from the point of view of Basanti. They used to make fun of it and ask who was going to play her, and I used to tell them with a straight face that we were thinking of casting Esha Deol. They used to take it so seriously, and I didn’t really know whether to slap these people or ignore them”.

While Manoj, given his appearing prowess, would in fact have achieved a stellar job of taking part in DJ in Rang De Basanti, given the movie’s legacy and the type of cementing impression it has had on the audiences — over nearly 2 a long time now — it is powerful to think about anybody however Aamir main the movie.

If studying about this switcheroo has bought you feeling nostalgic, Rang De Basanti is offered for streaming on OTT.