{"id":244344,"date":"2020-01-02T13:27:56","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T08:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=244344"},"modified":"2020-01-02T13:27:56","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T08:27:56","slug":"unbelievable-but-true-imran-khan-almost-became-a-bollywood-star-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/unbelievable-but-true-imran-khan-almost-became-a-bollywood-star-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Unbelievable But True: Imran Khan Almost Became A Bollywood Star [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter just brought up that Imran Khan was once asked to be in a Dev Anand film. The actor himself had approached Imran Khan, but the former cricketer thought it wasn&#8217;t a good idea.<\/p>\n<p>An old video of the\u00a0Prime Minister Imran Khan has been making rounds on Twitter. The video features an old interview of the ex-cricket captain.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dev Anand once asked Imran Khan to act in one of his films. \ud83d\ude02<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2VzkpMMkU6\">pic.twitter.com\/2VzkpMMkU6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hunain (@PTI_Scientist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PTI_Scientist\/status\/1211705901834539009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Imran Khan was asked if he had ever been offered a role in Bollywood, to which the Pakistani PM replied yes.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cYou won\u2019t believe it but I was once I asked by a brilliant Indian actor who we all look up to, to act in one of his upcoming film. In fact, he even turned up in England to request me, but I was puzzled.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/bollywood-actress-thanks-imran-khan-and-pakistan-for-kartarpur-corridor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bollywood Actress Thanks Imran Khan and Pakistan for Kartarpur Corridor<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Initially, Imran Khan shied away from mentioning the name of the &#8216;famed Indian actor&#8217;. After much insistence, he named Dev Anand. He also let lose details of another time he was offered a role in a Bollywood movie.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOkay, it was Dev Anand, who in my time was very well known. For me it\u2019s strange, to think that just because I\u2019m a cricketer, doesn\u2019t mean I can be an actor as well. It doesn\u2019t make sense to me. Ismail Merchant also once asked me to act in a film, but again I was puzzled because I can\u2019t act. I couldn\u2019t even act in a school play, let alone a film.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It isn&#8217;t odd for cricketers to take up acting afterward. After all they were already famous, in good shape and sportsmen retire when they hit the middle-aged margin. Acting doesn&#8217;t place that limit on artists.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_216991\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216991\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216991\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Kapil-Dev-and-Imran-Khan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"665\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Kapil-Dev-and-Imran-Khan.jpg 665w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Kapil-Dev-and-Imran-Khan-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Kapil-Dev-and-Imran-Khan-561x380.jpg 561w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Kapil-Dev-and-Imran-Khan-364x246.jpg 364w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Kapil-Dev-and-Imran-Khan-608x411.jpg 608w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Kapil-Dev-and-Imran-Khan-71x48.jpg 71w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Kapil-Dev-and-Imran-Khan-142x96.jpg 142w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-216991\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Source: Masala<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/here-is-ranveer-singh-as-kapil-dev-for-83\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here Is Ranveer Singh As Kapil Dev For \u201c83\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The most prominent examples are that of Kapil Dev and Yuvraj Singh. These men found success on both fronts. Yuvraj Singh&#8217;s ventures were all for Punjabi films.<\/p>\n<h3>Old News<\/h3>\n<p>The weirdest part is this fact is old news. In Dev Anand\u2019s autobiography, <strong><em>Romancing with Life, <\/em><\/strong>published by the Penguin Group in 2007, he had revealed that he wanted the Pakistani cricket star to play the role of a star in decline in his film <strong><em>Awwal Number<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cYou have bowled me over, Mr Dev Anand. But I don\u2019t think I am a good actor,\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When Imran Khan declined the offer from Anand, Aditya Pancholi was approached. In the end, Aamir Khan ended up playing the part.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter just brought up that Imran Khan was once asked to be in a Dev Anand film. The actor himself had approached Imran Khan, but the former cricketer thought it wasn&#8217;t a good idea. An old video of the\u00a0Prime Minister Imran Khan has been making rounds on Twitter. The video features an old interview of the ex-cricket captain. 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