Many of you don’t know that Akshay Kumar was excited to be a part ot Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Biopic. He even approached to the Special 26 director Neeraj Pandey for it, but you would be shocked with the director has to say for Khiladi Kumar.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Biopic was one of the biggest hits of 2016 and everyone praised Sushant’s performance in the movie. Surprisingly, Akshay was keen to play the role of MS Dhoni but the director rejected him silently.
In an interview with IANS, “It was not possible for Akshay to play a 16-17 year old teenager in the movie as Dhoni’s younger version. So I din’t cast him as MS Dhoni.”
On the other hand, the director praised Sushant by saying, “He’s a very good actor and reads the script very sincerely. He also picked the body language right.”
Helmed by Neeraj Pandey, the film also started Disha Patani and Anupam Kher in pivotal roles. It has earned 133 crores nett at the box office.
Shockingly, our reel life MS Dhoni aka Sushant Singh Rajput committed suicide on June 14 and left a void in fans heart.
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