'Everything
is
planned.'
Who
can
forget
Akshay
Kumar's
famous
dialogue
from
Abbas
Mustan's
2001
mystery
thriller
Ajnabee!
Besides
Kumar,
the
film
also
starred
Bobby
Deol,
Kareena
Kapoor
Khan
and
Bipasha
Basu
in
leading
roles.
Besides
the
twists
and
turns
in
the
plot,
the
film
had
also
caught
attention
with
the
plot
device
of
'wife
swapping'
in
its
narrative.
Ajnabee
clocks
20
years
today
(September
21,
2021).
In
a
tete-a-tete
with
a
leading
daily,
Bobby
Deol
walked
down
the
memory
lane
and
talked
about
this
film's
journey.
The
actor
shared
that
Abbas
Mustan
narrated
him
the
script
of
Ajnabee
when
he
was
working
with
them
on
Soldier.
Initially,
Bobby
was
supposed
to
play
the
character
who
was
later
essayed
by
Akshay.
But
the
makers
thought
that
the
Aashram
actor
was
better
suited
for
the
other
role
and
the
rest
is
history.
Bobby
told
Hindustan
Times,
" When
I
was
working
with
Abbas-Mustan
on
Soldier
(1998),
at
that
point
they
thought
of
me
giving
the
character,
which
Akshay
essayed,
and
eventually,
they
thought
I
was
better
suited
for
another
character,
which
I
ended
up
playing.
And
Akshay
did
a
great
job."
Speaking
about
the
film
completing
two
decades,
the
Race
3
actor
said
that
it
was
fun
to
work
on
that
film
and
he
wished
he
could
go
back
in
time
and
relive
all
those
moments.
"First
of
all,
it
doesn't
feel
20
years
since
it
was
released.
It
feels
like
it
was
yesterday
that
we
got
together
and
shot
this
film.
It
was
such
a
great
experience
working
with
everyone," he
was
quoted
as
saying
by
Hindustan
Times.
Bobby
further
added
that
the
subject
of
Ajnabee
was
very
bold
and
interesting
and
that
it
was
a
film
which
was
ahead
of
its
time
when
it
released
on
big
screens.
"That's
the
reason
it
did
so
well.
At
that
point
when
it
released,
the
film
was
actually
ahead
of
its
time.
But
now,
things
have
changed.
Now,
we
see
a
lot
of
different
subjects
being
explored
on
screen.
(There
is
no
denying)
Ajnabee
was
not
just
a
movie,
it
changed
a
lot
of
things," the
actor
told
the
tabloid.
Bobby
said
that
today
with
the
advent
of
OTT
platforms,
such
subjects
are
being
explored
more
on
screen.
The
actor
said,
"And
today,
with
the
advent
of
web
space,
he
feels,
"Audiences
are
seeing
such
subjects
being
played
on
screen
a
lot
more.
Now,
I
think
a
lot
of
subjects
are
bold,
interesting,
and
show
the
reality
and
how
people
actually
live
their
life."
Ajnabee
revolves
around
a
newlywed
couple
who
move
to
Switzerland
and
befriend
their
new
neighbours
only
to
get
entangled
in
a
web
of
crime,
lies
and
betrayal.
Coming
back
to
Bobby,
the
actor
will
next
be
seen
in
Ranbir
Kapoor-starrer
Animal
and
Anil
Sharma's
Apne
2.