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According to Indian newspapers, Rishi was approached by National Award winner Ashwini Chaudhary to play the role of Sharman’s father. However, after reading through the script, Rishi told Ashwini to drop Sharman from the lead role and replace him with his own son Ranbir. A source said, “Ashwini had finalised Rishi Kapoor and Sharman Joshi to play father and son in his film. However, Rishiji loved the script so much that he suggested that Ranbir play his son instead of Sharman. Ashwini agreed and explained the situation to Sharman who gracefully stepped down.”

However that was not the end of it… another source adds, “Not only that, Rishi ji suggested that RK Banner should produce the film and requested Ashwini to narrate the script to Randhir Kapoor as well. Randhir too loved the script and it was decided that RK Banners would produce the film.”

Things took another twist when Rishi tried to remove Ashwini from the project too. “This didn’t go down well with Ashwini as the script was very close to his heart. He chose to not give the script to RK Films and stuck to his original producer, Azam Khan of One More Thought. Now the film is being made as per the original plan.”

So Ashwini has dropped both Rishi and Ranbir from the film and, with Sharman now not available, Naseeruddin Shah and Shreyas Talpade will feature as father and son.

When contacted, Rishi Kapoor said, “It’s the ultimate father-son story and I loved the script as well as the father-son track, which is a beautiful aspect of the film. The film has been in the pipeline for many months but they couldn’t figure out the lead actor. By then, I stepped out of the project.”