Speaking about his experience of working with Shraddha for the first time, Siddhanth said: “I was cast with Sonakshi Sinha but she could not do the film so my sister came on board which was the best that happened to my life and my career. Shraddha Kapoor’s brother Siddhanth Kapoor, who is portraying the role of Haseena’s brother Dawood Ibrahim, was also present for the trailer launch event. I knew she could play a 17-year-old and a 45-year-old too,” said Apoorva in a media interaction. She was doing ‘Force 2’ at that time and John was injured. Mumbai–Director Apoorva Lakhia said on Tuesday at the trailer launch of his upcoming film “Haseena Parkar” that he had first approached Sonakshi Sinha to play the central character of Haseena. Sonakshi was first choice for Haseena Parkar: Apoorva Lakhia Later on, a string of criticism followed over Twitter, describing what the personalities said was unfunny and joking about Kangana in her absence was unfair. They then said in unison: “Nepotism rocks”. Karan then promptly added: “I am here because of my papa (late filmmaker Yash Johar).” Varun said: “And you’re here because of your mummy (veteran actress Sharmila Tagore).” “You are here because of your papa,” Saif quipped.
When Varun joined the two actors on stage at the Metlife Stadium to receive the Best Performance in a Comic Role for “Dishoom”, Saif joked that the actor had made it big in the industry because of his father.
Karan and Saif, who were hosting the gala, revisited the much-talked about nepotism issue that started in Bollywood when actress Kangana Ranaut branded Karan as a “flagbearer of nepotism” on his chat show “Koffee With Karan”. “I express my apology and regret… I am extremely sorry if I have offended or hurt anyone with that act,” Varun tweeted on Tuesday. Later, all three of them received flak on social media with twitteraties calling their act “disappointing”. Varun, son of veteran filmmaker David Dhawan, along with filmmaker Karan Johar and actor Saif Ali Khan, sparked the controversy over the nepotism debate at the awards gala.
Mumbai–Actor Varun Dhawan has apologised for his “Nepotism rocks” act at the IIFA Awards in New Jersey, that created a stir over social media last week. Varun Dhawan apologises for ‘nepotism’ barb