
New Delhi:
Salman Khan’s film Sultan Commercially was successful under the YRF banner. Anushka Sharma played the lead role in this film. This film revolving around a wrestler was directed by Ali Abbas Zafar. But do you know that before Anushka Sharma, another actress auditioned for this role? We are talking about Anupriya Goenka. Recently, in a conversation with Siddharth Kannan, the actress revealed that she had given about 11 to 12 Test auditions for the film Sultan. However, he was not selected for this role and it was very heartbreaking.
Talking about the audition process, Anupriya Goenka said, ‘I had auditioned for the Sultan, for the lead role. Then those people were looking for new people. I had some 11-12 tests … first there was an audition, then the second audition took place, then the music video test took place, then a dance test with Vaibhavi (Merchant) and then reading with Ali (Abbas Zafar).
The actress further said that this process lasted for a month. He is thankful that it did not last more than a month because it would make her restless. She did not even know that she was auditioning for the Sultan until she met Director Ali Abbas Zafar.
He told that the YRF does not give the real script during the audition. ‘Until I met Ali, I did not even know that Sultan was talking because YRF does not give you the real script. They give you another script and audition on it … When I met Ali and mentioned ‘Mr. Khan’, I realized that it is for Sultan and lead role ‘he said.
When he did not get a role, his heart was broken. He said that he is not finally ‘typical YRF heroine’. He said, ‘When I did not get this, the whole process was going to break the heart, of course … I am dark, which I am very proud of. I like to be dark. But I am not a typical YRF heroine, isn’t it? ‘
Sultan is one of the most successful films of Salman Khan’s career. It earned around 623 crores at the box office worldwide. Both Salman and Anushka received a lot of praise for their performance.
According to reports, Kangana Ranaut was also offered Sultan. The actress has confirmed that she rejected both Sultan and Bajrangi Bhaijaan.
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