‘Beyond the Clouds’ maker discloses why he rejected Deepika Padukone

Iranian director Majid Majidi recently revealed why he chose a Malayalam cinema actress Malavika over Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, even after she auditioned for the role.

Renowned filmmaker Majidi’s latest movie ‘Beyond the Clouds’ has been garnering a lot buzz for being the debut movie of Shahid Kapoor’s half-brother Ishaan Khattar. However, another Bollywood who showed a lot of interest in staring in the movie was none other than ‘Padmavati’ star. The B-Town diva gave auditions for the movie, the pictures but the director had plans of his own. In the audition pictures, Deepika was seen in a complete different look in which we have never seen her before.

“I did not want to work with Bollywood superstars. I always wanted to shoot at different locations in Mumbai, because places are also characters in my films. But even for one audition, it was difficult with Deepika as there was a large crowd and even more curiosity. That was the reason for not wanting to cast a superstar,” the filmmaker said, Pinkvilla quoted.

“I choose my subjects from the society... I choose my heroes from the crowd. I mostly work with newcomers, but this doesn’t mean that I don’t want to work with professional ones,” Majidi said at a press conference on the sidelines of International Film Festival of India (IFFI).

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The filmmaker was also quoted in a Asian Age report saying, “My producers tell me that Deepika had shown some interest in the beginning and it is because of that I wanted her to be part of my movie. And when I asked her for a look test, it was not to doubt her professionalism."

"She is an excellent actress. But how much she befits the role that is in my vision, I wanted to see. Let me tell you though, that the circumstances were such that they weren’t favorable and nothing materialized of it,” he said.

‘Beyond the Clouds’ opened the 48th edition of the IFFI in Goa and is slated to be released next year.