When Ronit Roy rejected role in Oscar-nominee 'Zero Dark Thirty' for 'Student Of The Year'

Ronit Roy had expressed regret for turning down Kathryn Bigelow's 2012 film Zero Dark Thirty in his interaction with several entertainment portals. celebrated actor had commitments of projects in India and had to reject opportunities. He was also offered a role in Showtime drama series Homeland but was unable to commit due to date problems. 

In an interaction with PTI in 2013, Roy had said, “I was offered a very interesting role in Zero Dark Thirty. But unfortunately, I couldn’t do it due to date problems. I did see film, and I do regret t being part of it. I was shooting for Karan Johar’s Student of Year, and I was looking to work with him and couldn’t let go of this opportunity. We were shooting in Thailand for film, and re was way I could man my dates for Zero Dark Thirty.”.

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actor had, later in 2016, spoken to a national daily and said that he would have loved to work with director Kathryn Bigelow in Zero Dark Thirty and that experience would've helped him grow as an actor. film that chronicled decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist Osama Bin Laden was a critically acclaimed film and had five minations for Academy Award that year. 

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Ronit had said that he wanted to kick himself for t being able to do film and also revealed that he missed opportunity to feature in Homeland because of his Indian TV show Adaalat. He revealed that makers had expected him to shoot for Homeland in South Africa for 6 months and he could t commit to project because of prior commitments. Meanwhile, Indian actors such as Nimrat Kaur and Suraj Sharma have appeared in Homeland.

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On work front

Ronit Roy is back with third season of his popular web-series Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain and actor said he is grateful to his fans for loving and supporting show. actor stars alongside Mona Singh and Gurdip Kohli in ALTBalaji and ZEE5’s show, which has been appreciated by both viewers and critics.  third season released on June 6 on ALTBalaji and ZEE5. 

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