katrina Kaif's upcoming film 'Merry Christmas' is ready for release in theaters on january 12 next year. The trailer of the film has been released and the audience's excitement about the film has increased. South superstar vijay sethupathi is going to be seen as the lead actor in the film along with katrina Kaif. But do you know that another actor had expressed his interest for the role of Vijay Sethupathi? However, the director refused to give him this role.
In a recent interview given to Pinkvilla, 'Merry Christmas' director Sriram Raghavan revealed that ali KHAN' target='_blank' title='saif ali khan-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>saif ali khan wanted to play Vijay Sethupathi's role. The director said- 'I wanted a very unique kind of pairing because this is the need of the story. Neither of them should have any problems. So I met another actor who also liked the role, but then I had to say sorry to him.
Saif was upset after hearing the rejection!
Actress katrina kaif was also present with Shriram during the interview. In such a situation, the actress asked the director for the name of the actor who wanted to play Vijay's character in the film. To this Shri ram replied- 'Yes, I can tell you. He was Saif ali Khan! So I met him and he was really a little upset when I told him no. At that time, I had not cast Vijay. I refused because I wanted something new, I didn't know what I was looking for.
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