Sonam Kapoor's 'Raanjhanaa' was first offered to Shahid Kapoor before Dhanush; Read trivia

It has been more than six years since Aanand L Rai’s directorial Raanjhanaa hit big screens. romantic drama film featured Sonam Kapoor and Abhay Deol in pivotal roles and also marked debut of Dhanush in Hindi film industry. Back in year 2019, Sonam Kapoor shared a picture on her Instagram as she took a trip down memory lane. In caption, she stated how close this movie h been to her.

Set in Benaras, film starred Sonam Kapoor as Zoya, while Dhanush portrayed  role of Kundan. In this one-sided love story, Kundan was he over heels in love with Zoya. But, Zoya intended to marry Abhay’s character Akram and Kundan was obsessed over winning her heart. We have listed down some of Raanjhaana’s interesting facts.

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Trivia for Sonam Kapoor and Dhanush starrer Raanjhanaa

• This is first film of Dhanush in Hindi film industry. For this film, he also took special Hindi coaching classes.
• In a one of its kind scenario, A R Rahman gets first credits as a composer, followed by director.
• After 25 films in Tamil, Dhanush got his Filmfare debut best actor award.
• Actor Ranjeet's son Chiranjeev was offered le role.
• Earlier, Shahid Kapoor was roped in to play le role, but later Dhanush was signed on for role.

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• song Banarassiya was sampled by well-kwn Swedish DJ Avicii in song Tough Love.
• For portrayal of a 15-year-old girl, Sonam said she was inspired by Jaya Bachchan's character in Guddi.
• Reportedly, aloo puri, masala chai and Benaras ki rabri became Dhanush’s staple breakfast while shooting for this film.
• To play role of a JNU student, Sonam Kapoor spent time with JNU college students to get her body langu and diction spot on.

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