Imtiaz Ali finally breaks silence on Shahid Kapoor replacing Bobby Deol in 'Jab We Met'

Jab We Met, directed by Imtiaz Ali, and starring Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor Khan, turns 16 on October 26. Back in 2017, Bobby Deol revealed how he was the one curating the whole project and was then replaced by Shahid. The Soldier actor made the revelations while speaking to Huffpost India. He said, “There was a studio called Shri Ashtavinayak who wanted to sign me. I told them that let’s sign Imtiaz. He has a script ready. And let’s talk to Kareena Kapoor. The producers were like, oh no, that guy will make an expensive film. Kareena, on the other hand, didn’t even want to meet Imtiaz. I took them to Preity (his close friend and Soldier co-star). She agreed but said she can do it only after 6 months. So we were stuck.” The actor added, “Days passed. And suddenly I read that Ashtavinayak has signed Imtiaz for Jab We Met and Kareena is doing the film! And she had gotten her then-boyfriend, Shahid Kapoor to act opposite her. I was like, wow. Quite an industry. We were also to do Highway together but he again did his own thing. But I have no hard feelings against him. He is a great director and doing so well. We’re still friends. But I always tell him: ‘Imtiaz, I won’t watch any of your films until you make one with me. That’ll be your best film.” Imtiaz Ali finally speaks up While speaking to Lallantop recently, the filmmaker narrated his side of the story and said, “I was planning to make Jab We Met with Bobby Deol. When I was making this film, Bobby and I were very good friends. His family… they are very nice people. But Socha Na Tha took five years to make and release. Meanwhile, I was trying to start a new film so Bobby was going to do Jab We Met. Then Socha Na Tha got over but I still didn’t make the film for two years because I wanted Bobby to start it.” He added, “But he was getting other offers from big directors, so he was waiting for that to happen. He kept postponing my film, but then a time came when I didn’t find it correct because a lot of time went by. Because I did Socha Na Tha for five years and I didn’t do a film for two years after that, so it was putting financial strain on me. Then I told Bobby, ‘Let’s not make this film. Let’s shake our hands and decide we will not do this film together because then our thing will be affected.” Kareena Kapoor Khan on shooting the song Yeh Ishq Haaye In an exclusive interview with Firstpost, talking about shooting this song from Jab We Met, Kareena revealed, “The best part of the song was Saroj Khan. There was no one else who could have done that song also, the way she showed me how to perform. That entire song represented Geet’s character, the way her outlook towards life was. And it was freezing and snowbound when she was wearing a yellow Kurta, close to Siachen pass, it was very high up in Manali. I never thought that song would become such a big blockbuster.” Read all the  Latest News,  Trending News,  Cricket News,  Bollywood News, India News and  Entertainment News here. Follow us on  Facebook,  Twitter and  Instagram.