Tuesday Trivia: Sushant Singh Rajput rejected Padmaavat, Bajirao Mastani, Hasee Toh Phasee and more hit movies

Like any other actor, Sushant Singh Rajput, too, had rejected a few films that went on to be big hits. On his second death anniversary, we take a look at the films that he couldn't be a part of.

By BollywoodLife
| Updated: June 14 2022, 06:31 AM IST

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Movies rejected by Sushant Singh Rajput — Image credit: Instagram

Movies rejected by Sushant Singh Rajput

Sushant Singh Rajput had an impressive graph in his acting career spanning just over 7 years. His successful transition from TV to feature films was great. He delivered stellar performances in Kai Po Che, MS Dhoni: The Untold Story, Kedarnath and Chhichhore to name a few. However, like any other actor, Sushant, too, had rejected a few films that went on to be big hits. On his second death anniversary, we take a look at the films that he couldn't be a part of.

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Goliyon Ki Raasleela – Ram Leela/ Bajirao Mastani/ Padmaavat — Image credit: Instagram

Goliyon Ki Raasleela – Ram Leela/ Bajirao Mastani/ Padmaavat

When Sanjay Leela Bhansali was questioned by the Mumbai Police during the investigation into Sushant Singh Rajput's death, it came to light that the actor has turned down three major films of his – Ram Leela, Bajirao Mastani and Padmaavat – due to the unavailability of dates. All the movies eventually went to Ranveer Singh, and he never looked back.

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Half Girlfriend — Image credit: Instagram

Half Girlfriend

In 2015, Chetan Bhagat had tweeted that Sushant was going to a part of Half Girlfriend, an adaptation of the author's novel by the same name. But Sushant was eventually replaced by Arjun Kapoor because the former had to drop out of the film because of scheduling conflicts.

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Fitoor — Image credit: Instagram

Fitoor

Sushant was the first choice to play Noor in Abhishek Kapoor's Fitoor. But major delays forced the actor to opt out of the film. Soon after, Aditya Roy Kapur was roped in.

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Hasee Toh Phasee — Image credit: Instagram

Hasee Toh Phasee

Anurag Kashyap had revealed that he had approached Sushant Singh Rajput's for his production, Hasee Toh Phasee, alongside Parineeti Chopra. But Sushant had signed a 3-film deal with YRF and dropped out of his film for Shuddh Desi Romance. The role was then went to Sidharth Malhotra.

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Mukkabaaz — Image credit: Instagram

Mukkabaaz

Anurag Kashyap had again offered Sushant, Mukkabaaz, in 2016, before the release of MS Dhoni: The Untold Story. But the filmmaker said that after Dhoni became a hit, Sushant never called him back. Anurag went on to do Mukkabaaz with Vineet Kumar Singh and Sushant chose to do Karan Johar's Drive alongside Jacqueline Fernandez.