Bhavesh Joshi Superhero: Not Harshvardhan Kapoor, but Shahid Kapoor wa

Harshvardhan Kapoor starrer Bhavesh Joshi
Superhero's trailer has received rave
responses from the audience. The film is
directed by Vikramaditya Motwane.
In an interview with PTI, the director
revealed that Harshvardhan wasn't the first
choice for the film. The team spoke to
Shahid Kapoor before him. In fact, actors like
Imran Khan and Sidharth Malhotra were also
considered for the role.
Motwane said, "We spoke to Shahid, but it
was very briefly... For this film, casting went
through a lot of changes. Imran Khan was to
be part of it, then it went to Sidharth
Malhotra. With Imran it was like, his career
wasn't going well and we couldn't raise the
money. I am quite sad about it. With
Sidharth, it just fell apart. With Shahid, it was
just a conversation, it was never
formulated."
About the film, the director mentioned,
"Bhavesh is a local superhero... Sometimes
being a vigilante and putting a mask only
seems to be the solution as there is
frustration. As long as the story and
emotions are in place, it will strike a chord
with audience. The angry young man of 70s
like Amitabh Bachchan, and in the 80s there
were Anil Kapoor and Sunny Deol. So many
films such as Zanjeer, Deewar, Mr India,
Nayak, Arjun have influenced Bhavesh Joshi.
Also, the film draws influence from the DC
and Marvel comics."
The filmmaker isn't worried about the film's
performance at the box-office. "If it works
great, if it doesn't work then it is alright. No
one will ever blame you for taking risk," the
director states.
Bhavesh Joshi Superhero is slated to release
on May 25, 2018.
CREDITS: PTI.

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He didnt get the money if Imran Khan was part of it but no problem with Harsh😕

This film was under production before mirziya released so harsh was this newcomer with a rakesh mehra film + anil kapoor's son. 

What I understand is that Imran was in need of money and wouldn't lower his fees even after giving disasters : the producers couldn't afford him so they went for someone else ...