‘Always be prepared’

Actor Rajkummar Rao, who has recently delivered the blockbuster Stree 2, has opened up about the times when he was replaced or dropped from projects. Rajkummar recently appeared on The Longest Interview podcast by Audible where he said, “There were a couple of times when everything was going well, but then I was dropped from the film for some reason. That wasn’t my failure; it was theirs for not handling it properly. Those experiences taught me how to always be prepared.”

He further mentioned that looking back, he realised it might have been for the best — either the film never got made or the character wasn’t impactful. “I believe when the universe is guiding you, everything falls into place,” he shared.

He also spoke about how he manifested that he wanted to work in Kai Po Che. He said, “I enjoyed reading The Three Mistakes of My Life by Chetan Bhagat. Before that, one of his other books, One Night at the Call Centre, had already been adapted into a film, so I knew he was a writer whose books were getting turned into movies. I still remember, when I was new in Mumbai, I read Three Mistakes of My Life and actually manifested it to the universe. There are three characters in the book and I hoped that if a film was ever made, I would get one of those roles. I didn’t specify which one, but I really wished for it—and then Kai Po Che happened. It’s surreal, but true,” he added.