Merry Christmas: Katrina Kaifâs upcoming film âMerry Christmasâ is ready for release in theaters on January 12 next year. The trailer of the film has been released and the audienceâs excitement about the film has increased. South superstar Vijay Sethupathi is going to be seen as the lead actor in the film along with Katrina Kaif. But do you know that another actor had expressed his interest for the role of Vijay Sethupathi? However, the director refused to give him this role.
In a recent interview given to Pinkvilla, âMerry Christmasâ director Sriram Raghavan revealed that Saif Ali Khan wanted to play Vijay Sethupathiâs role. The director said- âI wanted a very unique kind of pairing because this is the need of the story. Neither of them should have any problems. So I met another actor who also liked the role, but then I had to say sorry to him.
Saif was upset after hearing the rejection!
Actress with Shriram during interview Katrina Kaif were also present. In such a situation, the actress asked the director for the name of the actor who wanted to play Vijayâs character in the film. To this Shriram replied- âYes, I can tell you. He was Saif Ali Khan! So I met him and he was really a little upset when I told him no. At that time, I had not cast Vijay. I refused because I wanted something new, I didnât know what I was looking for.
How did Vijay become the directorâs choice for âMerry Christmasâ?
Let us tell you that Shriram has previously worked with Saif Ali in the films âEk Haseena Thiâ (2004) and âAgent Vinodâ (2012). On how Sriram cast Vijay for âMerry Christmasâ, he told that he had gone to Melbourne for a film festival, where after watching 96, he met Vijay and asked if he could speak in Hindi. To this Vijay replied yes and the director selected him for âMerry Christmasâ.