Published 12:13 IST, January 1st 2020

Akshay Kumar was keen on starring in THIS biopic, but was turned down

Akshay Kumar, who once mentioned in an interview that he has never been out of work in his career till now, was once turned down from a role. Read more about it

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Akshay Kumar entertained audience thoroughly in 2019 with four releases in year. actor is all set to rule Bollywood in year 2020 with movies like Laxmmi Bomb and Sooryavanshi. However, it was once in actor’s career where he wanted to do a role but he was turned down instead. Akshay Kumar was keen to do role of MS Dhoni in his biopic titled M.S Dhoni: Untold Story. But it seems that actor was turned down by director Neeraj Pandey.

In an interview, Akshay Kumar revealed that he had asked Neeraj to consider him for role of MS Dhoni, but director refused politely. Akshay furr said that Neeraj told him that he didn’t look that character. Akshay had choice but to agree with Neeraj.

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Neeraj Pandey, director of movie M.S.Dhoni: Untold Story, in an interview with a leading daily, said that it was impossible to cast Akshay Kumar in movie because he wouldn't be fitting in role. He furr said actor couldn't look like a sixteen-year-old Dhoni. It was impossible for him to look like a teenr. 

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Neeraj furr in conversation appreciated Sushant Singh Rajput who played role of MS Dhoni in movie. He also mentioned that Sushant read  script very sincerely and also picked up body langu right. director also said that he enjoys making patriotic movies. He added that he would continue doing that as he is receiving a good box office response for such kind of scripts.

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actor is all set to rule Bollywood in year 2020 with four releases. This includes Sooryavanshi, Laxmmi Bomb, Prithviraj, Durgavati, and Bachchan Pandey.

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12:13 IST, January 1st 2020