Bobby Deol claims making an attempt ‘actually exhausting’ to be part of Kareena Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor’s Jab We Met: ‘It may be powerful within the business’

Bobby Deol has opened up a few movie he as soon as tried exhausting to make — Jab We Met — which finally went on to grow to be a romantic traditional with Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor within the lead. In a current interview, Bobby shared that he was heartbroken after being dropped from the movie, regardless of taking part in an enormous function in getting it off the bottom.

Bobby first got here throughout director Imtiaz Ali whereas watching a rush print of Socha Na Tha, which starred his cousin Abhay Deol. Impressed by Imtiaz’s storytelling, he requested the filmmaker to put in writing a script for him. That script finally was Jab We Met.

“I attempted actually exhausting to make that movie occur; I reached out to lots of people,” Bobby stated in a dialog with Immediate Bollywood. He even introduced in manufacturing home Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Imaginative and prescient, convincing them to again Imtiaz regardless of the director being comparatively new on the time.

Bobby additionally reached out to Kareena Kapoor for the lead function, however she turned it down initially. Preity Zinta was additionally thought-about, although she declined as effectively. Later, Kareena modified her thoughts and got here on board. Nonetheless, by that point, Bobby was now not a part of the venture. The male lead was finally given to Shahid Kapoor.

The movie turned an enormous hit and remains to be remembered for Shahid and Kareena’s chemistry and Imtiaz’s distinctive course. However for Bobby, the expertise was bittersweet. “It may be powerful within the business; I used to be actually upset about it on the time,” he stated. Nonetheless, he expressed no anger towards Imtiaz Ali, suggesting the director probably needed to make a tough determination for the sake of the movie.