Actor Rajniesh Duggall, who made his Bollywood debut in the horror thriller 1920, says that actor Priyanka Chopra caused him to be cut from his first movie.
Rajniesh Duggall was scheduled to make his cinematic debut far earlier than the 2008 horror thriller 1920, which marked his Bollywood debut. The actor now claims that although Priyanka Chopra declined to co-star with him in the 2005 movie Yakeen, he had signed her.
Rajniesh talked frankly about getting cut from his debut movie in a recent interview with Siddharth Kannan. He claimed that Priyanka wouldn’t collaborate with him because he was a beginner.
What was said by him?
“I signed for the movie and was Yakeen’s first choice. Actually, I had been working on it. “When can you move to Mumbai?” director Girish Dhamija asked me when we first met. I had already made plans to relocate to Mumbai. Thus, I had instruction directly from Girish ji; he is a dialect coach and a National School of Drama graduate,” he stated in the interview.
Rajniesh continued by saying the producer had made significant investments in him and had inked a three-film deal. They even gave him a cook, a chauffeur driven car, and a penthouse on Juhu. He also underwent five months of training for the movie. However, Priyanka’s rejection caused things to alter.
I was called to the producer Sujit Kumar Singh’s office at night without warning. He informed me that, in the time since they signed me and paid her for the bulk deal, Priyanka has grown to be a huge star and is now declaring, “I will not work with a newcomer.” I thought, “Change the girl,” since all I saw was them putting money on me. “At the time, I had no idea what the movie business was all about,” he said.
About Priyanka’s rejection
Although the performer was unhappy to learn of the change in schedule, she still believes that her managers should have made the choice on her behalf. For this reason, he absolves her. She knew that I was doing the film, and for that I don’t blame her. He stated, “She could have responded, ‘No, he will do it.'”
Yakeen also starred Kim Sharma, Saurabh Shukla, Sudhanshu Pandey, and Arjun Rampal in addition to Priyanka.
More details on Rajniesh
After beginning his career as a model, Rajniesh went on to become the 2003 Grasim Mr. India champion and represent India in the London-based Mr. International pageant. He placed first runner-up. Following his Bollywood debut, he took part in and won the reality show Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 5.
