Katrina Kaif, who played a superstar named Babita Kumari in the 2018 film Zero, has revealed that she initially auditioned for the role of Aafia Yusufzai Bhinder, a scientist with cerebral palsy, which was eventually played by Anushka Sharma. She also said that the film was originally titled Katrina Meri Jaan and had a different plot, where she would play a double role of herself and her lookalike.
Katrina Kaif on wanting to play Anushka’s role in Zero
In an interview with Mid-day, Katrina said, “In Zero I actually wanted to play Anushka’s role.” Katrina said that she became very attached to Anushka’s role and was fixated on doing it. She said, “When the narration got over, I said ‘sir, let me do that.’ He said, ‘no beta it’s already cast.’ He didn’t say it’s already cast. I think he said that ‘we’ve already kind of thought of someone.’” Katrina still with her own conviction recorded an audition of herself portraying the character and sent it to the director.
She said, “I showed it to him on the laptop and he watched it and he actually thought about it he was like ‘I am really moved that you’ve done this give me a few days.’ So that gave me hope.”
When Shah Rukh convinced Katrina for Zero
The actor confessed that she was in a dilemma for a few days, feeling very attached to the role she desired. She acknowledged that this made it difficult for her to assess if the role that was given to her was really suitable. But it was Shah Rukh Khan, who persuaded her to give the film a try.
Zero was earlier called Katrina Meri Jaan, with Katrina in double roles
Katrina also revealed that she was meant to have a double role in the film. The film was originally named ‘Katrina Meri Jaan’ and it had a different plot. She said, “Before that (Katrina Meri Jaan) was a different script then this (Zero) became a different script and then Shah Rukh became a part of this film. But it was honestly his conviction that made me do the film.” On the professional front, Katrina was lately seen in the film Merry Christmas alongside Vijay Sethupathi.
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