Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif would have been in a film together if the former was not rejected for the role. In a recent interview, actor Sharib Hashmi, who was with Vicky in the recent film Zara Hatke Zara Bachke, revealed that the actor had auditioned for the role of Shah Rukh Khan’s friend Zain in the film Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012), but the role ultimately was bagged by him (Sharib).
Speaking to AajTak, Sharib said he once jokingly told Vicky that he was angry with him as he had auditioned for the part of Kamlesh, Sanjay Dutt’s friend, in Sanju (2018), but the role went to Vicky. This is when Vicky told him how he, too, grabbed a role that he had auditioned for.
“Vicky auditioned for Zain’s role, but the makers thought he didn’t suit the part. I was shocked when he told me about this. But this is the journey and destiny of actors. Also, wherever we both are today, we are happy and satisfied,” Sharib said in Hindi.
Jab Tak Hai Jaan, the last film directed by Yash Chopra, also starred Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma.
Katrina and Vicky tied the knot in December 2021 after dating for a while. On the work front, Vicky will next be seen in Meghna Gulzar’s Sam Bahadur, while Katrina is gearing up for Tiger 3 with Salman Khan and Sriram Raghavan’s Merry Christmas with Vijay Sethupathi.