I lost the opportunity to work with Aamir Khan in 'Peekay': Arshad Warsi
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By Puri
Mumbai:
Arshad
Warsi,
who
missed
out
on
sharing
screen
space
with
Aamir
Khan
in
Rajkumar
Hirani's
Peekay,
feels
saddened
to
have
lost
an
opportunity
to
work
with
the
senior
actor
as
well
as
the
filmmaker.
"I
know
I
missed
out
on
an
opportunity
to
work
with
him
(Aamir)...
it
would
have
been
great.
I
was
looking
forward
to
work
with
him.
He
is
such
a
fine
actor
and
a
is
great
guy," Arshad
told
PTI.
The
director
was
keen
on
casting
Arshad
with
Aamir
but
due
to
date
issues,
the
former
had
to
opt
out.
"Raju
always
wanted
Aamir
and
me
to
be
together
on
screen..
When
Raju
was
writing
the
script
he
had
me
in
mind
all
throughout.
So
that's
a
good
experience
I
am
going
to
miss
out.
But
I
am
sure
sooner
or
later
I
will
get
that
chance," the
43-year-old
actor
said.
Arshad
let
go
Rajkumar
Hirani's
next,
in
favour
of
the
sequel
to
Vishal
Bharadwaj's
Ishqiya.
"I
couldn't
have
worked
out
on
dates.
I
wouldn't
refuse
Raju
for
anything.
In
fact,
when
he
offered
me
the
film,
I
did
not
even
ask
for
the
script,
I
was
like
I
am
ready
to
come
on
whenever
you
want.
So
that
is
the
connection
I
share
with
Raju,"
he
said.
"Unfortunately
the
dates
of
Peekay
and
Dedh
Ishqiya
were
clashing
had
I
taken
this
month
and
half
for
Peekay
then
Dedh
Ishqiya
would
have
got
pushed
by
a
year.
Because
it
needed
that
particular
weather
to
shoot
in
Lucknow
and
one
month
later
it
would
have
been
hot.
So
one
has
to
give
up
something,"
he
rued.
Now,
Peekay
stars
Aamir
Khan,
Anushka
Sharma
and
popular
TV
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
in
lead
roles.
The
shoot
for
Dedh
Ishqiya
will
begin
from
February
18
in
Lucknow.
The
much-awaited
sequel
also
stars
Nasseruddin
Shah
and
Madhuri
Dixit
in
the
lead.
Arshad's
yet
another
project
that
is
much
awaited
is
the
third
installment
of
'Munnabhai' series
–
that
had
the
hit
pairing
of
Sanjay
and
him
as
Munna
and
Circuit.
"I
am
not
sure
of
when
they
will
work
on
the
third
part.
I
am
the
wrong
person
to
answer
that.
I
think
Raju
or
Vidhu
Vinod
Chopra
would
be
able
to
talk
about
it.
I
don't
have
any
idea
about
it,"
he
said.
His
other
projects
include
–
action
thriller
Zilla
Ghaziabad,
Jolly
LLB
with
Boman
Irani
and
Amrita
Rao,
where
he
plays
a
lawyer,
and
Chambal
Safari
in
which
he
is
essaying
a
dacoit.