Govt was strict on Shah Rukh, filmmaker's pain?
Govt was strict on Shah Rukh…, filmmaker's pain…?
Shahrukh Khan and priyanka chopra have worked together in many films. But do you know that in the year 2007, both of them were going to be seen together in a film which could never be made. The reason for this has been revealed years later by filmmaker vishal Punjabi. He has told that he was expelled from india itself. In a recent interview to the Brown Game Strong YouTube channel, vishal punjabi talked about Shah Rukh Khan. He said- 'In 2007, I was going to make a big bollywood film. I wrote the script with a friend of mine named Zoya Akhtar. She is now a big director, but at that time she was struggling to make her first film.'
This is why Shah Rukh-Priyanka's film could not be made
vishal further said- 'Priyanka Chopra had said yes to my film, Shah Rukh had said yes to my film. Me and Reema and Zoya were scolded about it and then I was expelled from india because I didn't have an OCI. I had a tourist visa and technically I was not allowed to work on a tourist visa. I was very stupid because I thought this is india, they will fix it.'
'My case got worse because...'
The filmmaker further said- 'I was expelled and nobody could do anything. The fact that I worked with Shah Rukh made my case worse because he was under investigation. For some reason, the governments were not very kind to him, I think it has to do with his religion. It was also unfortunate for them because I was in charge of many big projects for them. They tried every possible way to bring me back. I went through a very difficult time, but they tried very hard to bring me back.'