Congress Leader Shashi Tharoor Reveals He Was Asked to Star in a Salman Khan Film
Can you guess this Salman Khan movie we are talking about?
Now, this is one piece of information we were not really aware of. Popular Indian politician, Shashi Tharoor, who's known for his witty tweets and being a dictionary in himself was recently a guest on Firstpost's new talk show - Social Media Star. The politician was joined by Buzzfeed India's Shristi Dixit. Amidst numerous questions on his vocabulary skills and the fact that he's a millennial, Dr. Tharoor was asked if he was ever a part of Salman Khan and Aamir Khan's Andaaz Apna Apna. For the ones who don't know, Mr. Tharoor's doppelganger of some sorts was a part of this cult comedy and many identified him as the politician himself. Exclusive! Salman Khan Is Waiting For Sanjay Dutt's Nod For A Surprise Cameo in Loveratri?
When Shashi Tharoor was asked to shed some light on this entire episode, he revealed the role was played by a lookalike who hailed from Gujarat. However, many years later when he returned from the UN to serve in his home country, India, the politician was offered a role to play in a Salman Khan starrer. Revealing the details about the same he said, “One amusing offer (came to me) for a bit part in a Salman Khan starrer from a rather famous director. I can always cherish these moments. It was to play the role of an Indian foreign minister in a sequence and the advice I was given by a good friend was, ‘If you want to be the foreign minister, don’t play the foreign minister.’ I thought that made sense and I backed off.” Shashi Tharoor Wants to Hack Narendra Modi's Social Media Accounts, Here's Why
Watch the interaction below
Shashi Tharoor has no qualms in receiving such movie offers but he's disappointed that they started coming so late. "I am also far too old, I’m afraid, to have been at that stage of my youth when that movie was made. The irony is that after I came into Indian politics, I started getting movie offers. Why didn’t these come when I was young and handsome?”
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