Vineet Kumar Singh is widely recognised for his recent appearance in Laxman Utekar’s period drama Chhaava. Vineet played the role of Kavi Kalash, a poet and a close friend of Sambhaji Maharaj. During his recent interviews, Vineet shared how the film finally brought him the long-awaited success, an opportunity he missed by passing the director’s 2019 film Lukka Chuppi. He was offered the role of Kartik Aaryan.
In a conversation with Digital Commentary, the actor shared the time when a misunderstanding stole the opportunity of leading the film. He said, “There was a Laxman Utekar film, which was written by a friend of mine. It came to me, so when my friend handed over the script to me, it didn’t seem like he was pitching it to me, but I thought maybe he was asking me to share a feedback.”
He added, “I took a little time for it so they thought I was not interested in it. When I spoke to Laxman Utekar, I realised they wanted to offer me that film. I was so surprised. It was my bad luck that I thought it was solely for feedback as I have many friends who are writers, and we often share our scripts for feedback.”
Vineet said that sometimes closeness bring awkwardness leading to misunderstandings. Rohan Shankar is the writer of the film.
He said, “Sometimes when you are close to someone, there is some awkwardness. Due to that, even he couldn’t tell me about it and just like that the opportunity slipped. The film was titled Lukka Chuppi. Earlier it was titled Mathura Lives. I was offered Kartik Aaryan’s role.”
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In the same interview, the actor had also recalled having no roles despite the success of Mukkabaaz, a film that he thought would change his career trajectory. “It didn’t turn out how I thought it to be, and took up roles just to pay rent.”
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After the release of Chhaava, and positive reviews for his role, Vineet took to his social media handles to share a long post thanking his audience as well as the people associated with the film for finally recognising his work.
He wrote, “After Chhaava I am positive that the audience who watched my earlier work and loved it too will not surprise me in person with this sweet question “Sir, if you don’t mind…AAPKA NAAM KYA HAI?”
