When Imran Khan’s story idea was blatantly stolen by television channel

Actor Imran Khan lately shared how one in every of his tales was stolen by the executives of a tv channel. The actor revealed that after returning to India in 2005, following the completion of his research, he aspired to turn out to be a director and author, with appearing not initially on his thoughts. He created a folder of his tales and went in “chilly” (with out telling anybody about his trade connections) to pitch to a tv channel.

Imran informed Humans of Bombay that whereas the channel appreciated his concepts, he by no means heard from them once more. It wasn`t till one in every of his actress mates talked about being forged in a task with the story bearing a hanging resemblance to the define of the script that he submitted.

The actor stated: “I went to satisfy her, and when she gave me the script, it bore a hanging resemblance to the define of my story. So, they took my pitch and expanded it to make an episode. I attempted to name these guys and get in contact with them however may by no means catch a maintain of them to ask them, ‘What did you guys do?’”

This expertise not solely modified one thing in Imran but in addition led him to satisfy Abbas Tyrewala, with whom he later collaborated on his debut film, ‘Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na’. Imran determined to display screen check for a movie, considering that if he succeeded as an actor, he would have title recognition and will leverage his appearing credentials to make the films he wished.

The movie has its personal journey, Imran shared that the movie had a three-year journey within the making and was initially produced by Jhamu Sughand, who was engaged on Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Gulaal’ and ‘Johnny Gaddaar’.

However, when Jhamu Sughand’s manufacturing firm encountered difficulties, Imran took the movie and requested his uncle, Aamir Khan, to assist them discover a producer.

Aamir took a pause and stated, “You know, I’m a producer.”

Imran then informed him that he’s extra of a severe movie producer, having made movies like ‘Lagaan’ or ‘Taare Zameen Par’.

However, Aamir stated that he want to hear the narration after six months, and if he likes it, he’ll produce it.

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