Abhishek
Kapoor
has
established
himself
as
one
of
the
prominent
filmmakers
in
the
Hindi
film
industry
with
movies
like
Rock
On!!,
Kai
Po
Che,
Kedarnath
amongst
others.
However,
you
folks
would
be
surprised
to
know
that
becoming
a
film
director,
Abhishek
had
started
his
career
as
a
promising
actor
way
back
in
the
90s.
Way
back
in
1993,
Pahlaj
Nihalani
was
supposed
to
make
a
film
with
Abhishek
Kapoor
as
the
male
lead
and
Rohit
Shetty
as
a
third
AD
(assistant
director).
The
film
was
titled
as
Ek
Aur
Kohinoor.
Unfortunately,
the
film
had
to
be
shelved
as
the
leading
lady
got
pregnant
and
opted
out
of
the
film
midway.
By
then,
the
makers
had
already
shot
11
reels
which
included
four
songs.
Left
with
no
other
choice,
they
had
to
scrape
off
the
film
as
any
further
proceedings
would
have
involved
almost
an
entire
reshoot.
Abhishek
Kapoor
who
was
the
hero
of
the
film
was
never
aware
about
this
reason
behind
his
film
getting
shelved
until
recently
when
Pahlaj
Nihalani
made
this
revelation
in
his
interview
with
Etimes.
Pahlaj
told
the
tabloid
that
the
heroine
took
help
from
her
beau
who
was
in
Hong
Kong
to
relieve
her
from
the
film
in
progress.
The
girl's
mother
even
offered
to
pay
up
for
the
filmmaker's
losses
as
she
thought
he
would
replace
her
daughter
with
another
actress.
However,
Nihalani
refused
her
offer
and
instead
wanted
the
actress
to
wrap
her
remaining
portions
quickly
in
20-21
days.
The
girl's
mother
declined
saying
her
daughter's
boyfriend
had
decided
he
would
marry
her
daughter
very
soon
and
his
parents
were
averse
to
their
daughter-in-law
doing
films.
And
that's
how
Ek
Aur
Kohinoor
never
saw
the
light
of
day.
Abhishek
Kapoor
took
to
his
Twitter
handle
to
react
to
this
revelation
and
tweeted,
"And
that's
how
my
acting
career
went
up
in
smoke...at
least
now
I
know
why
it
was
shelved...always
thought
I
wasn't
good
enough..
screwed
up
my
mind
for
many
years..#life
#mentalhealth
#ekaurkohinoor."
Workwise,
Abhishek
Kapoor's
upcoming
film
is
Ayushmann
Khurrana-Vaani
Kapoor
starrer
Chandigarh
Kare
Aashiqui
which
is
slated
to
release
in
theatres
on
December
10,
2021.