Shahid Kapoor Was Not the First Choice to Play Tommy Singh in Udta Punjab Riz Ahmed Was
The films writer Sudip Sharma recently revealed this in an interview with Film Companion. Sound Of Metal was the story of a drummer and former heroin addict coping up with his deteriorating hearing, which becomes a threat to his career. Kapoor played a similar role of a drug-addict rockstar.Sharma said We also dabbled with the idea of Riz Ahmed at one point of time. We never thought of an Indian actor for that role. We thought, why not go for a British South Asian character, because we really wanted that whole London thing in it. And Riz is a great actor. He wasn’t that big a star, so we weren’t being that unrealistic and foolish about it. I remember calling Abhishek Chaubey the director and saying Yaar aap please picture dekho Please watch the movie he outstanding and he can really fit Tommy’s part.Wishes can be horses when you’re casting.
