R Madhavan on not being part of Rohit Shetty's Simmba: It breaks my he

Actor R Madhavan
was as excited to
be a part of Rohit
Shetty's upcoming
actioner Simmba,
starring Ranveer
Singh, as his fans.
But owing to his
bad health, the
actor had to back
out of the project.
This left many
including
Madhavan
himself,
heartbroken.
The 47-year-old
actor took to
Twitter to make the announcement and
expressed his disappointment over not
being able to work with one of his
favourite directors.
"I am a huge crazy fan of Rohit Shetty and
his films. As is my son. It breaks both our
hearts that I'm not able to be a part of this
film because of my injury. I'm well on my
way to recovery but this is a huge
opportunity and excitement lost,
Madhavan tweeted.
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The movie, directed by Rohit and produced
by Dharma Productions, features Ranveer
Singh in the lead role of cop Sangram
Bhalerao. Sara Ali Khan was recently roped
in to play the female lead. The director will
start shooting for the hardcore action
drama sometime around April. It is slated to
release on December 28.
Madhavan had said in an earlier interview
that he's quite excited about playing the
part.
"I am doing a film with Ranveer which will
be full of action. This will be the first time
people will see him performing so many
action sequences. He has great energy and
after working with him in a commercial,
even I believe so, he had reportedly said in
an interview, according to the Hindustan
Times.
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Ranveer and Madhavan have previously
worked on a commercial together.
Reportedly, the role of Madhavan was
supposed to be played by Abhishek
Bachchan.
(With inputs from IANS).

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