Anurag Kashyap’s Kennedy was earlier offered to Chiyaan Vikram.
Vikram has now responded to Anurag Kashyap, a day after the filmmaker claimed that despite contacting Vikram for the film, there was no response.
Director Anurag Kashyap, who is gearing up for the Cannes Film Festival premiere of his film Kennedy, recently revealed that he had initially envisioned Chiyaan Vikram for the lead role. Anurag said that he named the film Kennedy because it was Vikram’s nickname and also his real name. However, reaching out to Vikram did not elicit any response.
Dear @anuragkashyap72 Re-watching our conversation from a year ago 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 I didn’t respond to you, I called you myself… – Vikram (@chiyaan) May 22, 2023
Vikram has now responded to Anurag Kashyap, a day after the filmmaker’s claims. Taking to Twitter today, Vikram wrote, “Dear @anuragkashyap72, Revisiting our conversation a year back for the sake of our friends and well-wishers on social media.” Chiyaan Vikram said that he had reached out to the filmmaker directly and explained that he had not received any email or message as the email address used was inactive and his phone number had changed two years prior to the said communication.
He further added, “When I heard from another actor that you tried to contact me for this film and you felt that I did not respond to you, I called you immediately and explained that I had not received any mail or message. Is not found.” The mail id you contacted me on was no longer active and my number was changed before that about 2 years. As I said during that phone call, I am very excited for your film, Kennedy, and even more so because my name is in it. I wish you all the best for the times ahead. Lots of love, Chiyaan Vikram aka Kennedy.”
Responding to the tweet, Anurag confirmed that Chiyaan Vikram had indeed reached out to him after learning about the attempts to contact him. “Absolutely true Boss Sahab. For your 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. . He gave me 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 asked us to use the name “Kennedy” for the film. blessed. what i said in the interview was the back story, how the movie came to be called kennedy. no need to overreact. and of course i think neither chian sir nor i together Retiring without working. FYI we go back to pre Setu days,” he clarified.
