He further added that he was a little doubtful about the casting as it was meant to have big actors. He said, “To be honest, when they said, there is a new director and it’s Arjun Kapoor who had one movie and Alia Bhatt who had one movie, Student Of The Year. I was like ‘okay’, but this is not what was discussed.”
Bhagat went on to add, “It was such a nice casting, and it made the movie fresh because they were young. If it were older actors, I don’t know, maybe they would have done a great job. But it was very surprising.”
Furthermore, Chetan Bhagat also mentioned that every actor had said no to Kai Po Che! Later, Sushant Singh Rajput, Rajkummar Rao and Amit Sadh played the lead roles and made the film immortal. He called Kai Po Che his book’s best adaptation.
The writer highlighted the incident in which Shah Rukh Khan showed his humility and kind gesture towards him, which impressed him the most. He said that he visited Om Shanti Om sets with his mother, and Shah Rukh himself pulled a chair for him. In another instance, when Cheten, along with Mohit Suri, visited SRK’s residence, the King actor accompanied them to their car to say bye to them, making them feel very special and close.
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