Ranbir Kapoor made his debut with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s 2007 movie Saawariya, and despite the fact that the movie flopped, Ranbir was topped the yr’s most promising debutant. Even after Saawariya, Ranbir continued to dominate the dialog in regards to the subsequent era of Bollywood stars. Throughout that very same time, model-turned-actor Muzammil Ibrahim additionally made his debut with Pooja Bhatt’s Dhokha. In a current interview, he mentioned that he was extra deserving of awards than Ranbir. He mentioned that each award present selected to honour Ranbir Kapoor.
In a chat with Siddharth Kannan on his YouTube channel, Muzammil mentioned, “Ranbir Kapoor and Neil Nitin Mukesh made their debut in the identical yr with Saawariya and Johnny Gaddaar. Once I met Nana Patekar, he instructed me that we knew you wouldn’t get the award. He mentioned, ‘You gave the most effective efficiency however we knew that they had been going to provide the award to Ranbir Kapoor’. I knew that I deserved an award for Dhokha. All of the ‘finest debut’ awards ought to have been mine as a result of I really feel that I used to be higher than Ranbir was in Saawariya. I really like Ranbir now. He’s a tremendous actor, one of many solely star children I respect and look as much as however in case you examine Saawariya and Dhokha, I used to be higher in Dhokha.”
Dhokha, directed by Pooja Bhatt and produced by Mahesh Bhatt, additionally starred Tulip Joshi. Muzammil mentioned that he was initially instructed that he can be starring alongside Kangana Ranaut, however she was changed earlier than the shoot. He mentioned that even Irrfan Khan praised his efficiency. “Irrfan Khan instructed Bhatt saab that only a few actors can handle to attain what he has accomplished,” he recalled.
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Muzammil mentioned that whereas he was nominated for ‘finest debut’ awards with Ranbir and Neil, among the award reveals didn’t even invite him. “I felt very dangerous that Shah Rukh Khan is taking my title on stage. He mentioned, ‘I assumed Muzammil deserved the award extra.’ He mentioned that on the stage. I feel Ranbir additionally mentioned one thing related. Outsiders face such issues they usually can’t even complain. You’re nominated, your movie is nominated however you aren’t even invited to the award operate. You possibly can see Shah Rukh studying out your title on stage… I used to be crying, felt very dangerous. It felt like injustice. I had a number of expectations. I used to be too younger on the time,” he mentioned.
Muzammil was final seen within the internet collection Particular Ops.