There had been a lot of rumoured news of the Bollywood films that Sushant Singh Rajput was supposed to be a part of. But out of all these, one has been confirmed by the Director of the movie itself.
Director Robbie Grewal, director of Romeo Akbar Walter spoke about the time when they were planning to take Sushant Singh Rajput for the lead role. Sushant had said in an unofficial media release, “Unfortunately, I will not be a part of Romeo Akbar Walter due to changes in my prior commitments. I wanted to be a part of the project because I love the story, and believe it must be told, but, that will not happe.”
Sushant’s statement was also corroborated by producer Ajay Kapoor who had earlier told DNA, “Nothing went wrong except that the dates Sushant had given us were clashing with another film so we decided to part ways amicably. Obviously one feels bad as we had finished most of the prep and were ready to roll. But everything is sorted now, Sushant is like a brother.”
A source close to the project had told Mid-Day, “The script (of RAW) is powerful, and could have been a turning point in Sushant’s career. He requested Ajay to give him time to sort out the schedule conflict. Sushant wanted to shoot for his film over 15-day schedule, but Ajay felt it would affect the continuity. He wanted two 30-day schedules to complete Romeo, but that wasn’t possible for the actor.”
Expressing shock about SSR’s exit, RAW’s other producer, Bunty Wali, had said to Mumbai Mirror back then, “We had signed Sushant in February and had his dates too. His sudden exit came as a shock to us, in particular to Robbie (Director Robbei Grewal), given that he had given his nod right away.”
Soon after that, John Abraham stepped into Sushant’s role, with the film eventually turning out to be moderately successful at the box office.
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