Ahead Of Shilpa Shetty’s Comeback Film Hungama 2 Release Director Priyadarshan Reveals Why Ayushmann Khurrana, Kartik Aaryan Turned Down The Film!

Hungama 2 which marks the comeback of Shilpa Shetty in Bollywood also stars Paresh Rawal and Pranita Subhash in pivotal roles.

Director Priyadarshan Reveals Why Ayushmann Khurrana, Kartik Aaryan Turned Down Hungama 2

Shilpa Shetty who is gearing up for the release of her comeback film Hungama 2 has been all over the internet from the last couple of days ever since her husband Raj Kundra got arrested in the alleged pornographic case. More than her upcoming film, netizens are more interested in her personal life due to the recent turmoil.

Meanwhile, Hungama 2 director Priyadarshan opened up about many popular current generation stars including Kartik Aaryan, Ayushmann Khurrana and Sidhartha Malhotra rejecting the film that now stars Meezan Jaffery in a lead role.

Hungama 2 is a sequel to the director's 2003 release Hungama that starred Akshaye Khanna, Aftab Shivdasani and Rimi Sen in lead roles. Recently in an interview, Priyadarshan revealed that Hungama 2 was previously offered to Ayushmann Khurrana, Kartik Aaryan and Sidhartha Malhotra. However, the actors did not show much interest in the offer.

During the promotion of the film, Priyadarshan in an interview revealed he does not blame the actors for not showing interest in the comedy project.

While talking to The Quint Priyadarshan said, "I don't face it in the south, because they know more about me. But here, I don't blame them for refusing, because if an actor doesn't feel confident about a director, they shouldn't do the film. Because then there will not be a comfortable interaction. Maybe these boys are more comfortable working with the new school; I belong to the old-school."

He further added that he knows about himself and he knows what he is doing with his projects. "See, it's a question of, of course, they think that we don't update. But I keep updating everything... So if you ask me, the film Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea, which won the National Award for best feature of this year, so if I can win the National Award for best film of this year, I'm still good," said the director.

Earlier too in another interview with PTI, Priyadarshan had revealed that popular stars must have thought he is an "outdated" director. "I didn't go directly to meet them but my concept was narrated to a lot of actors like Ayushmann Khurrana, Kartik Aaryan and Siddharth Malhotra. They all refused to do the film (Hungama 2). Now, I am working with Meezaan. They all refused because maybe they thought I am an outdated director, because I was out of the Hindi film industry for five years."

Hungama 2 which marks the comeback of Shilpa Shetty in Bollywood also stars Paresh Rawal and Pranita Subhash in pivotal roles.