Farah Khan was 'against' casting Katrina Kaif in Tees Maar Khan -'But ghoom ghaam ke...'

Katrina Kaif was a part of the 2010 film Tees Maar Khan with Akshay Kumar. However, director Farah Khan was against having the actress on-board for the movie.

Farah Khan was hesitant to cast Katrina Kaif in Tees Maar Khan. (Courtesy: Instagram/ Farah Khan, Katrina Kaif)

Farah Khan has directed a few Hindi films, including Tees Maar Khan, in her career. The choreographer and filmmaker helmed the 2010 film with Katrina Kaif and Akshay Kumar in the lead role. Although the song Sheila Ki Jawani became a hit, Tees Maar Khan bombed at the box office. Initially, Farah was against casting Katrina Kaif in the movie, however, she eventually played the lead role in the TMK.

Farah Khan was against having Katrina Kaif on board for Tees Maar Khan

In an interview with Mashable, Farah Khan was asked how she goes about casting actors in her films, as she has witnessed several auditions over the years. To this, the filmmaker stated that it is tough to explain and difficult to say why certain choices are made.

Farah Khan mentioned that she stays away from obvious choices. However, the only time she made an obvious was when she cast Katrina Kaif in her 2010 film Tees Maar Khan. "It was obvious because wo Akshay Kumar ke saath 6-7 movies kar chuki thi and I was very against ki mujhe usko nahi lena hai. But wo ghoom ghaam ke wohi aayi picture mein," she told the portal.

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For those who are unaware, Katrina featured in Bollywood films like Singh Is Kinng, Namastey London, Sooryavanshi, Welcome, De Dana Dan, and Humko Deewana Kar Gaye. They have been a hit-on-screen pair.

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On the work front for Katrina Kaif and Farah Khan

Meanwhile, Katrina Kaif recently featured in filmmaker Sriram Raghavan's Merry Christmas. She featured alongside Vijay Sethupathi in the movie. The actress earned a lot of appreciation for her performance in the film, which did well at the box office. Before that, she was seen in Maneesh Sharma's Tiger 3 with Salman Khan and Emraan Hashmi.

As far as Farah Khan is concerned, she recently wrapped the shoot of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 11. The choreographer and filmmaker was the co-judge of JDJ 11 along with Malaika Arora and Arshad Warsi.

Also read: “You deserve this and more:” Farah Khan pens a special birthday post for best friend Sania Mirza

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