Exclusive: KJo advises Ishaan to opt out of Anurag Basu's 'Metro' sequ

When Anurag Basu made Life in a...
Metro', he had cast nine actors for the
four anthologies that he created. Now,
when the Barfi' director is planning the
second film in the franchise, he needs
at least six prominent faces for Life In A
Metro 2'.
Few members of the cast have already
been locked. Reportedly, actress
Parineeti Chopra replaced Sonakshi
Sinha to play the lead whereas
Rajkummar Rao is expected to star
opposite her in the film. Along with
them, three other actors are locked for
the film and they are Abhishek
Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan and Taapsee
Pannu.
For Taapsee's portions, which is a funny
love story, Basu and Bhushan Kumar
were looking for an A-list Gen-Y actor to
step in. Talks had started with Arjun
Kapoor and Sidharth Malhotra, but both
of them opted out of the film. Then
Basu turned towards newbie Ishaan
Khatter for the same part but now, we
hear he has also declined the offer.
Our source revealed that Ishaan was
advised by his mentor filmmaker Karan
Johar to not be part of the ensemble
cast as he thought it will put him into a
certain bracket, very early on in his
career. Instead, he and his management
team advised Ishaan to concentrate on
more solo-centric movies. Incidentally,
it's the same agency that handles Sid's
work, so we aren't surprised.

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Follow his advice boy because with this cast the movie is heading down

Sonakshi rejected the movie? Right cos she'd rather do movies like Total Dhamaal. How is she still getting so many movies?

I loved Metro it had the best songs and really cool love stories excited for this movie

Metro wasn't really a big hit though and didn't do anything for anyone involved in it. Neither is Ishan a superstar without him Metro 2 will flop. So both Kjo and Anurag can say to fans who wanted Ishan in Metro: ''Ishmai Tera Ghata, Mera Kuch Nahi Jaata':

KJo, nepotistic as he may be, does give sensible career advice to his proteges. Ishaan would do well to listen to him.

I'm sure some Dharma movie is in the pipeline for Ishaan. Just wait and watch.

Metro was a good film and did well for Kangana, Irfan Khan and Konkana. Anurag Basu is really talented. He's just not good with over-ambitious movies like Jagga Jasoos and Kites.