Not Sidharth Malhotra, Ayushmann Is Doing Meghna Gulzar’s Next – Exclusive

After delivering Sam Bahadur in 2023, Meghna Gulzar is ready with another hard-hitting story based on a real-life incident. Her upcoming film is inspired by a shocking incident. It has already been revealed that Ayushmann Khurrana and Kareena Kapoor will be playing the lead roles in the yet-to-be-titled project, but Zoom exclusively has an interesting piece of news for you. In the world of Bollywood, casting switch-ups are as common as plot twists in our favourite masala movies. We now know that initially, Sidharth Malhotra, who was set to lead the movie, has quit. The role in question has landed in the lap of Ayushmann, and the reason behind this switch is interesting.

Despite a text message, Meghna Gulzar remained unavailable for comment. But Sidharth Malhotra reverted, saying, “Why do actors say ‘no’ to films?” We wondered what Sidharth meant by that statement.

Maybe Sid meant his role was not meaty enough; maybe he meant that he had not liked the script enough; maybe he meant he did not have dates. We dug more into this and found out the real reason.

Apparently, Sid felt that he didn’t want to do the film as it had him yet again as a tough man in the uniform. It may be recalled that not too long ago, Sid did Shershah and Rohit Shetty’s web show, Indian Police Force. Meghna Gulzar’s next is based on a shocking incident that happened a few years ago in Hyderabad.