Did you know Ranbir Kapoor and Imran Khan were initially offered lead role in 'Cocktail'?

Saif Ali Khan starrer Cocktail was a huge hit at box-office. While film did receive polarising reviews from some critics, it became widely popular among audience. Cocktail also starred Deepika Pukone and Diana Penty in le roles along with Saif Ali Khan. However, many fans are unaware that Ranbir Kapoor and Imran Khan h turned down opportunity to play le in film.

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Did You Kw Ranbir Kapoor and Imran Khan turned down Cocktail

Saif Ali Khan played role of Gautam Kapoor, a guy who was confused about his feelings. His character was a casava at heart who would go on to flirt with several women but he falls in love with Meera Sahni, played by Diana Penty, later on. However, it is a lesser-kwn fact that role was initially offered to Ranbir Kapoor and Imran Khan before it came to Saif Ali Khan.

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Talking about how role of Gautam Kapoor landed to him, Saif Ali Khan revealed in a previous interview with a news portal that he was producing film. He spoke about how everything about Cocktail was in place except for le actor. Saif Ali Khan ded that team sent script of Cocktail first to Imran Khan.

He reportedly took a lot of time to re script but rejected it, revealed Saif Ali Khan. actor furr revealed how Dinesh Vijan, who was also co-producing Cocktail, offered film to Ranbir Kapoor. However, Ranbir also reportedly said to project. Saif spoke about how when one wanted to do it, he stepped into shoes of Gautam Kapoor.

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Reportedly, Deepika Pukone, who played role of a woman named Veronica, was initially offered role of Meera. However, she went ahe and chose to play Veronica as she felt that Meera was similar to her character in Love Aaj Kal. role of Meera was n given to Diana Penty which was also her debut film. Deepika Pukone also garnered huge praise for her performance in Cocktail.

On or hand, Ranbir Kapoor was last seen in Sanju in 2018. He will be next seen in Ayan Mukerji’s Brahmastra alongside girlfriend, Alia Bhatt, and Amitabh Bachchan. Ranbir Kapoor will also be seen in Karan Malhotra’s Shamshera.

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