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Vidya Balan Says Scheduling Conflict Cost Her a Role in Kaala
Vidya Balan says she was offered a role opposite Rajinikanth in Kaala, but could not take it because she was filming another project and the dates could not be changed.
Huma Qureshi eventually played the role.
Earlier in her career, Balan was replaced in several Tamil films, including Run and Bala, after her first film with Mohanlal was shelved.
Those rejections left her angry, and she stopped considering Tamil film offers for a time.
She later said she had come to see those experiences as part of her career and no longer held a grudge.
Balan has now taken a full-fledged role in Jailer 2, after appearing in a cameo in the Tamil film Nerkonda Paarvai.
She is also shooting another Tamil film directed by R Balki, according to the interview.
Vidya Balan said a scheduling conflict prevented her from taking a role opposite Rajinikanth in Kaala.
She said she was filming another project and the dates could not be changed.
Huma Qureshi eventually played the role.
Balan said earlier rejections in Tamil cinema made her angry and led her to stop considering Tamil film offers for a time.
She later became open to Tamil films and took a full-fledged role in Jailer 2.
- Who
- Vidya Balan and the makers of Kaala.
- What
- Balan said she lost the opportunity to appear in Kaala because of a scheduling conflict.
- When
- The role was offered in 2017.
- Where
- The role was in the Tamil film Kaala.
- Why
- Balan was shooting another project, and its dates could not change.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Balan was offered a major role opposite Rajinikanth in one of his films, but could not take it because of a scheduling conflict.
Balan made a cameo appearance in Ajith’s Nerkonda Paarvai.
Balan made her full-fledged Tamil debut in Rajinikanth’s Jailer 2.
- Film
- Kaala
- Actor offered the role
- Vidya Balan
- Role ultimately played by
- Huma Qureshi
- Scheduling issue
- Balan was filming another project and the dates could not change
- Later Tamil film
- Jailer 2
What people are saying
I was shooting for something else at the same time. I was reading that film and the dates couldn’t change.
I lost out on the opportunity to work with Rajini sir a few years ago.
I was angry.