Poster of Chiyaan Vikram and Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Kennedy’ | Photo Credit: @the_real_chiyaan/Instagram & @anuragkashyap72/Twitter
A day back filmmaker Anurag Kashyap revealed in an interview that ‘Chiyaan’ Vikram didn’t respond to him to cast the actor in his latest film. KennedyBoth the actor and the filmmaker took to social media to clear the air.
Anurag is debuting with his film Kennedy in progress 76th Cannes Film FestivalSaid film partner In an interview that the film was written and titled after Chiyaan Vikram Ponniyin Selvan The star’s real name is Kennedy. “I actually had a specific actor in mind when I wrote this film; That’s why the movie is called Kennedy. The film was called The Kennedy Project. This is Chiyan Vikram, whose real name is Kennedy. I reached out to him. He never replied. So then, I reached out to Rahul (Bhatt),” said the director.
Following this, many fans expressed their disappointment at missing the opportunity to work with both the actors.
Vikram who is Currently on a break after a rib injury on the sets of his upcoming film Tanglan, took to Twitter to clear the air. The actor said that he spoke to Anurag when he was told that Anurag had tried to reach out to him and that the misunderstanding was the villain. “Dear Anurag Kashyap. Revisiting our conversation from a year back for the sake of my friends and well wishers on social media. When I heard from another actor that you tried to contact me for this film and you felt that I did not reply to you, I immediately called you and explained that I have not received any mail or message from you as mail Not Received The ID on which you contacted me was no longer active and my number was changed almost 2 years back from that.
He then shares his excitement for the film and congratulates Anurag. “As I said during that phone call, I am very excited for your film. Kennedy And even more so because it has my name on it. I wish you all the best for the times ahead. Lots of love, Chiyaan Vikram aka Kennedy,” he signed off.
Responding to the same, Anurag further clarified the conversation between the two. “Exactly Boss Sahab. For people’s information when they came to know from another actor that I was trying to contact them, they called me directly and we came to know that they have a different WhatsApp number. They called me Gave his correct contact information and also showed interest in reading the script but by then we were all away shooting and a month away from shooting. He also gave us his blessing to use the name “Kennedy” for the film. what i said in the interview was the story behind the name of the movie KennedyThere was no need to overreact to his statement, he said. “And definitely, I feel neither Chiyaan sir nor I am retiring without working together. FYI we go back to ex- bridge day,” he added.
Anurag Kashyap‘S Kennedy is set to premiere out of competition at Cannes in the Midnight Screenings section. Earlier, before the Cannes screening, Kashyap shared the teaser Kennedy On social media and it has seen lead actor Rahul Bhatt posing as a mysterious woman named Charlie along with actor Sunny Leone. The film is said to revolve around an insomniac ex-cop who is presumed dead but continues to work as an assassin for the corrupt department.
Kennedy This is being hailed as Anurag’s return to form; The director is known for crime thrillers such as uglyAnd Raman Raghav 2.0 as well as gangster saga gangs of wasseypur,
Vikram, on the other hand, is making headlines for his stellar performance as Adita Karikalan in the film Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan After disappointing results for the likes of movies, cobra And Great, his upcoming film Tanglan Paa is expected to be a game-changer for the star alongside Ranjith.