Actors including Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma, and Ayushmann Khurrana were once rejected by Karan Johar for different reasons.
On Monday, Karan Johar dropped the promo clip of Koffee with Karan season 7 featuring Kriti Sanon and Tiger Shroff. In the clip, Kriti can be seen telling that she auditioned for Karan Johar's film Student of the Year 1 which featured Alia Bhatt. However, she was rejected and 'held no hard feelings toward the film's lead. But do you know Kriti is not the only actor who was once rejected by Karan? Actors including Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma, and Ayushmann Khurrana were also rejected by Dharma Productions for various reasons.
Take a look:
1. Kriti Sanon
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Kriti Sanon recently appeared on Koffee with Karan 7 where she revealed how SOTY was her very first film audition. "This was right when I had started modeling. It was my career's very first film audition and I was asked to dance to Bahara and some scenes from Wake Up Sid. I was horrible back then," Kriti Sanon said. She also mentioned that she was ill-prepared for the film and that she held no hard feelings toward the film's lead, Alia Bhatt.
For the unversed, Student Of The Year starred Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan in the lead roles.
2. Ranveer Singh
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Karan Johar once rejected Ranveer Singh for not looking like a hero. As per Pinkvilla's report, in one his interviews Karan admitted that "This is the age when the actor is appreciated. When I saw Ranveer Singh a decade ago, I was like 'he doesn't look like a movie star at all, he should not be in the movies'. But when I saw his performance, I was like, 'this boy is a movie star'. He can act. It's the age of the actor, it's the death of the superstar, I believe."
3. Anushka Sharma
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As per TELLYCHAKKAR's report, Anushka Sharma had auditioned for Karan Johar's Dharma production but she was not selected at that time. Later Shah Rukh Khan noticed her and asked Aditya Chopra to feature her in the film. According to the media reports, Karan Johar kept telling Aditya not to take Anushka because she didn't have a 'superstar appeal'.
4. Kartik Aaryan
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As per the media reports, Karan Johar removed Kartik Aaryan from the film Dostana 2 because of his unprofessional behaviour. The reports also suggested that he had an ugly fight with co-star Janhvi Kapoor because of which their friendship ended in January, they both are not on talking terms. However, there is no official confirmation about the same.
5. Ayushmann Khurrana
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After Sushant Singh Rajput's death, an excerpt from Ayushmann Khurrana's 2015 book where the actor recollected Dharma Productions telling him they casted 'only stars' had been going viral. In the small part of the book excerpt, Ayushmann revealed that he was going to make his debut with Dharma Productions. He recalled meeting Karan Johar, who gave him a telephone number (his office number). According to the viral interview, when Ayushmann reached out to them, Dharma stalled him and eventually ended up telling him that they 'only work with stars and thus cannot work with him.'
