‘Vikram Vedha’: Hrithik Roshan delayed shoot so Rohit Saraf could join movie

Actor Rohit Saraf is on cloud nine after receiving positive feedback for his Netflix series ‘Mismatched’ season 2 and film ‘Vikram Vedha’. In a new interview, Rohit mentioned how excited he was to share the screen space with Hrithik Roshan and also revealed that he almost lost out on the film due to availability issues.

In an interview with Puja Talwar, Rohit said that dates for ‘Vikram Vedha’ and ‘Mismatched’ shoot clashed, but everything thing fell into place after Hrithik made a phone call and got him on board.

‘I just hoped to not be in a situation where I would have to leave this film because my dates were not available. I would be so upset about it, that’s exactly what happened. Dates (for the Vikram Vedha and Mismatched shoot) were exactly the same,’ he said.

He said Hrithik called ‘Mismatched’ director Akarsh Khurana, and said he wanted Rohit Saraf to be part of the film. Following this Akarsh managed some days. However, Hrithik understood they couldn’t cancel the entire schedule of ‘Mismatched’, so, the entire schedule of ‘Vikram Vedha’ was pushed by 5 days.

‘They waited for me to come and be a part of it. When I heard Hrithik sir himself called my director to get my dates, that day I was like ‘even if this film doesn’t work out I’m ok with it because I know what this means to me. How big of a deal this is,’ he added.

‘Vikram Vedha’, directed by Pushkar and Gayathri, is the Hindi remake of 2017 Tamil film of the same name. Rohit Saraf portrayed the role of Hrithik Roshan's brother Shatak, who mistakenly gets killed in an encounter.

On the work front, Rohit Saraf will be next seen in ‘Ishq Vishq Rebound’, directed by Nipun Dharmadhikari. The film also marks Hrithik’s cousin Pashmina Roshan’s acting debut.

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