Kriti Sanon starrer 'Raabta' was initially offered to Alia Bhatt? Learn more unknown facts

Raabta is a romantic and action drama starring Kriti San and Sushant Singh Rajput in le roles. Helmed by Dinesh Vijan, Raabta also marks his directorial debut in Bollywood. Apart from le cast, Jim Sarbh, Rajkumar Rao and Varun Sharma are seen in supporting roles. 

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Raabta is a story that is based on concept of reincarnated lovers. On business front, film received less success than expected at box office. According to reports, Raabta grossed over ₹398 million worldwide and was termed a disaster by Box Office India. Here are a few interesting trivia about Kriti San and Sushant Singh Rajput's flick, check out. 

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Interesting Trivia About Raabta - 

• Raabta was earlier offered to Asin but reportedly, she declined le role as she did t want to act after marri.
• In film, Rajkummar Rao plays character of a 324-year-old person.
• film's production began in 2015, however, due to casting issues Raabta was delayed for a year.  
• According to reports, Sushant Singh and Kirti San fell in love on sets of film. 
• movie title was inspired by a song titled Raabta from movie nt Vid (2012) composed by Pritam, who also happens to be composer of this movie. 

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• Deepika Pukone has a special appearance in title song. 
• According to media reports, Sushant Singh declined Half Girlfriend as dates were clashing with this film.
• Alia Bhatt declined film as her dates were colliding with Shuddhi which eventually got stalled and her dates were justed for Brinath Ki Dhulaniya. 
• film also went through a huge controversy. Magheera's producer Allu Arvind sent a legal tice to film producers citing plagiarism.  film producers offered him to show film and also deposit an amount in court. But Allu Arvind declined both.

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