Neil Nitin Mukesh reveals Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na was supplied to him: ‘Was requested to decide on between this and Johnny Gaddaar’ | Bollywood
Could 13, 2025 10:20 PM IST
Neil Nitin Mukesh revealed he was supplied Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na however selected Johnny Gaddaar for a darker position.
Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na turned out be a dream debut for actor Imran Khan however are you aware the movie was first supplied to Neil Nitin Mukesh? Neil lately revealed in an interview that he was supplied the movie however with a caveat.
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‘I cherished Jaane Tu however…’
In dialog with Simply Too Filmy, Neil stated that producer Jhamu Sugandh supplied him each Johnny Gaddaar and Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na on the identical day however requested to decide on one. “I cherished Jaane Tu… It was a love story, and that was the development,” Neil stated. Nevertheless, the actor wasn’t snug with individuals calling him a “chocolate boy” therefore he went for a extra uncoventional, darker position which led him to decide on Sriram Raghavan’s Johnny Gaddaar.
The New York actor additional stated, “Jaane Tu… was destined for Imran. It was an honour that I even bought to learn the movie. I’ll by no means say that I rejected Jaane Tu… I didn’t have the honour of engaged on that movie. If I had the privilege of engaged on each, I’d eat each of them and provides my 100% however sadly for me, I couldn’t work on Jaane Tu.”
About Johnny Gaddaar and Neil’s newest venture
Directed and written by Shriram Raghavan, Johnny Gaddar was a neo-noir crime thriller which marked Neil’s debut and earned him rave evaluations. Produced by Adlabs the movie additionally starred veteran actor Dharmendra Zakir Hussain, Rimi Sen, Vinay Pathak, Govind Namdeo, Dayanand Shetty and Ashwini Kalsekar. The movie was a sleeper hit and acquired important acclaim too.
Neil will subsequent be seen in Hai Junoon! Dream. Dare. Dominate, an upcoming musical drama tv sequence directed by Abhishek Sharma. Produced beneath Jio Artistic Lab, it additionally stars Jacqueline Fernandez. The sequence is scheduled to premiere on 16 Could 2025 on JioHotstar.
