Mahesh Babu’s name is the first among those who rejected this film. It is said that this film of director Sukumar was offered to Mahesh Babu. It is said that Mahesh Babu was not ready for the role of gray shades in this film and hence he refused to do it. According to the reports, Mahesh Babu prefers to keep himself away from roles that have tremendous makeovers, perhaps the reason behind this is that his fans are crazy about the actor’s good looks. In fact, in the year 2003, Mahesh Babu experimented with his onscreen look in the film Nijam, which was not liked by the people and it is said that since then he is not ready to compromise with his looks.
However, when the film released, he could not stop himself from praising it. Director Sukumar had told during the promotion that he had narrated the story to Mahesh Babu which was based on red sandalwood smuggling. However, this thing was a bit old and when the work on the project started later, the story changed. He told that he wanted the attitude in his lead character so the story had to be changed a bit as he could not make him look cool.
Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Although Samantha Ruth Prabhu has made a lot of headlines for her item song ‘U Antava’ in the film ‘Pushpa’, but according to reports, she was first offered the character of the film’s lead actress, Rashmika Mandanna, ‘Srivalli’, but He had turned it down. However, it is being said that he did this for some personal reason.
Disha Patani
You will be surprised to know that Bollywood’s beautiful actress Disha Patani also got an offer for this film. It is reported that Disha was offered instead of Samantha for the item song ‘U Antawa’ in this film. After Disha’s refusal, this song fell in Samantha’s bag.
Nora Fatehi
It is also discussed in many places that Nora Fatehi, one of the brilliant dancers of Bollywood, also got the offer of ‘U Antawa’. It is being said that Nora had demanded a hefty amount for this song, after which the makers changed their mind.
Vijay Sethupathi, Nara Rohit and Jisshu Sengupta
First this offer for Bhanwar Singh, the role of strong villain Fahad Faasil in the film ‘Pushpa’, was a great star of South. Vijay Sethupathi was given to. However, he had a problem with the date clash and that is why he turned down this stellar role. At the same time, a name of Telugu star Nara Rohit also came for this role, but even he would not know how this film is going to set the box office on fire. It was also reported that the maker had also approached Bengali actor Jishu Sengupta for this role. It has been told that this was the first choice of the maker for this role. However, here also the main problem remained the date issue.
Let us tell you that the film ‘Pushpa’ has made a great record of earning worldwide. Even in the circumstances of the pandemic, the film has crossed the Rs 300 crore mark worldwide, while at the same time, the film has earned more than 200 crores at the domestic box office.
Reference-navbharattimes.indiatimes.com