What has Irrfan Khan got to do with John Abraham’s date issues?

If Irrfan Khan wants to blame one person in the industry because of whom he is no longer voluntarily unemployed, it has to Johan Abraham.
John was supposed to start shooting for Nishikan Kamat’s directorial venture Rocky Handsome this month. However, the dates for Kamat’s film clashed with Anees Bazmee’s Welcome Back.
The movie is said to be inspired by Arvind Kejriwal’s aam aadmi movement. Says director Nishikant Kamat, “When John was unable to shoot with me, I was at a loose end. Suddenly everything fell into place. I had this script for two years that I wanted to make with Irrfan in the lead. And look at the coincidence! Irrfan had his dates diary empty. He was on the look-out for a film that would interest him. I guess this project was destined to happen.”
The yet-to-be-titled Irrfan Khan starrer would be completed by March. Nishkant starts Rocky Handome with John Abraham from March 15. Says the director, “The Irrfan film is very much in the realistic space that I attempted in Dombivali Fast and Mumbai Meri Jaan. It’s real gritty and song-less, quite a culture shock for me after completing the Marathi film Lai Bhaari which is in the Rowdy Rathore space and has six songs.”
2014 will see three releases from Nishikant Kamat. “It just happened. The Irrfan starrer I am doing was never intended to start now. Then there is Rocky Handsome with John. My Marathi film Laal Bhaari with Riteish Deshmukh is also releasing this year. So I’ll have three films this year. I may disappear for three years after that.“

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Nawazuddin Siddiqui says that I was never friends with Irrfan but there's no rivalry

 

 

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has denied reports of a cold war with his 'The Lunchbox' co-star Irrfan Khan, saying that there is no rivalry between them.

The duo apparently stayed together in a one-room apartment in their struggling days. But once Irrfan rose to prominence, he and Nawaz drifted apart.

Both the actors were last seen together in their much acclaimed movie 'The Lunchbox'. During the shoot they remained cordial and maintained their distance.

"We were never friends earlier also and not now as well. We work together whenever we are cast in a film together. In the future if I get to work with him I will surely do it. There is no rivalry with him. There is nothing like that. He is my senior and I respect him a lot," Nawazuddin told PTI.

"We were never in touch with anyone. Every actor works on various projects and happens to meet a lot of people and then you become busy with other commitments... So there is not much time to talk or meet," he said.

It is often said that the art house actor somewhere tries to follow the path of Irrfan as far as his professional life is concerned but the 39-year-old star disagrees.

"Why will I follow his path, I know how to work and I am doing it in my own way. I have never followed anyone's path. I am doing films in my own way," he said.

Nawazuddin will be seen next in 'Miss Lovely' alongside Niharika Singh, former Miss India contestant. The film is about two brothers struggling to produce an illegal sex-horror film in the mid-80s and it is slated for January 18 release.

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