Anusha Dandekar starrer 'Delhi Belly' was offered to Aamir Khan? Know lesser-known facts

Imran Khan starrer Delly Belly is a Bollywood's black comedy-drama flick featuring Kunaal Roy Kapur, Vir Das, Poorna Jagannathan and Shenaz Treasurywala in lead roles and on or hand, it has Anusha Dandekar in a supporting character.  Aamir Khan Productions and UTV Motion Pictures creation was penned and helmed by Akshat Verma and Abhinay Deo respectively. 

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Delhi Belly's plot premises around life story of three roommates, journalist Tashi (Imran Khan), photographer Nitin Berry (Kunaal Roy Kapur) and cartoonist Arup (Vir Das) leading a disorderly and debt-ridden life in a shady apartment in Delhi. film was also remade in Tamil, titled Settai. Check out some lesser-kwn facts and interesting trivia about dark comedy flick, Delhi Belly. 

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Delhi Belly's interesting trivia: 

• Aamir Khan was originally kept for role of Nitin Berry, played by Kunaal Roy Kapur, but he opted out as he didn't wish to bulk up his weight for role. 
• Even though Delhi Belly initially received extremely negative reviews for its disturbing langu, sexual content, and drug abuse along with many or things that were recognised as "inappropriate", film, later on, became a successful project. 
• Imran Khan starrer was also kwn as a cult film by many young adults and teenrs.
• According to IMDB facts, actor Vir Das had to audition nine times before finally getting selected for role of Arup. 

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• Delhi Belly was originally offered to Ranbir Kapoor and Chitrangda Singh. However, y both rejected film due to its heavy langu.  
• According to IMDB, Shenaz Treasury had initially auditioned for ar Aamir Khan production, Dhobi Ghat. But she ended up getting cast in Delhi Belly as Aamir Khan thought she would suit role of Sonia. 
• Reportedly, script of film was lying in Aamir Khan's office for a long time until Kiran Rao got hold of it.
• During film's promotions, Aamir Khan revealed that film will have a sequel, which was based on his fictional character in film. But it never went on floors.

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