Was Arjun Kapoor really the first choice for Kabir Singh?

https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/arjun-kapoor-was-the-first-choice-for-shahid-kapoor-s-role-in-kabir-singh-1542431-2019-06-04

No, but he and Boner gave Vanga the idea to remake it in Hindi. Father Son went to Vanga after seeing the original. Vanga rejected the offer.

Originally posted by: GumGum

No, but he and Boner gave Vanga the idea to remake it in Hindi. Father Son went to Vanga after seeing the original. Vanga rejected the offer.

Wow so Boney tried arm-twisting the director?

Well Vanga is not dumb to jeopardize his own project by casting Arjun.

The idea must have come from Boney or even Arjun directly but good that Vanga took a stand.

Originally posted by: sidnilove

Well Vanga is not dumb to jeopardize his own project by casting Arjun.

The idea must have come from Boney or even Arjun directly but good that Vanga took a stand.

Oh man....right now I am trying to visualize Arjun in/as Kabir Singh

i remember that the production house wanted Arjun and Vanga didn’t want him.

Thankfully! Shahid killed the role.

The thing with industry kids is... they hear a director is planning to make a film with some actor.... or recently when they see a south movie made good business, they approach the director taking along a producer... seeing the whole packcage (Actor ke saath saath paise) director immediately says yes. So all promising films go to nepokids... bache kuche auro ko milte hai.