Badshah recalls rejecting Vicky Kaushal's role in 'Lust Stories'

Rapper Badshah has revealed that he declined a lead role in Karan Johar’s 'Lust Stories', feeling it didn’t fit his image at the time. Johar also offered him a role in 'Good Newwz', which he turned down for similar reasons. The singer later made his acting debut in 'Khandaani Shafakhana', alongside Sonakshi Sinha.

In an interview with The Lallantop, Badshah stated that he was initially offered Vicky Kaushal's role in 'Lust Stories' but dismissed it, thinking Karan was joking. Badshah revealed, "I was offered Vicky Kaushal’s role in Lust Stories. I thought Karan sir was joking. He said, ‘There’s a role of a guy who can’t satisfy his wife’. And I was like, ‘Yeh kya baat hui sir? Main aisa lagta hoon kya (Do I look like the kind of guy who can’t satisfy his partner)?'”

When asked if he directly told Karan Johar his doubts, Badshah explained, "Yes, genuinely. He said, ‘There’s this role that I think will fit you’. I thought he was joking, or just being kind. But he brought it up again on the next shoot. Then Varun Dhawan came for a shoot and congratulated me on being launched by Dharma. But I declined that role, because I didn’t know if I’d be able to do it. I was taking myself too seriously.”

Recalling that he had turned down Good Newwz too, the rapper added, “I was trekking in Manali, and I saw Karan sir’s missed call. He summoned me to Mumbai, and Shashank Khaitan was there too. They told me to audition with Raj (Rajkummar Rao), but the role was of a character who can’t have kids… The role that I finally did was of a rapper with erectile dysfunction, in Khandani Shafakhana. I did it because I wanted to spread awareness, and it was a very good film.”

'Good Newwz' eventually featured Akshay Kumar, Diljit Dosanjh, Kareena Kapoor Khan, and Kiara Advani.


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