Aayush Sharma confesses he DIDN’T want Salman Khan in Antim: The Final Truth, Here’s why

Antim: The Final Truth has been grabbing a lot of eyeballs, all thanks to the mass entertainment that actors Salman Khan and Aayush Sharma are offering in the film. Even though Salman and Aayush are related in real-life as Sharma is his brother-in-law, fans are pretty pumped to see the two onscreen as enemies. However, Aayush’s latest statement on Salman will rather surprise. Well, in a recent interview, the LoveYatri actor revealed that he didn’t want the Dabangg 3 actor to do the film as he was afraid that it will spark another nepotism debate.

Speaking with News18, Aayush said, “(At) the beginning of the process of making this film, I was anxious about the fact that he is in the film. There are going to be multiple notions about it including the fact that we are a family, he is making this film to help me in my career and also to spark another conversation on nepotism. Initially, I was against the idea of Salman bhai being a part of Antim. I didn’t want him to do the film and I told him that. In fact, I went to all the people in the family to convince him not to do it. It was also because I was doing something completely different from LoveYatri and also the other thing was with his presence, whether I’d be able to do justice to the film and match up to his hysteria.”

“(Salman) told me, ‘Aayush you need to figure out how you do justice to your character and which is all that matters. You need to convince people why you raised your hand on me in the film.’ It was a huge challenge and I was quite apprehensive about his presence. I remember when we announced the film, there was a bit of trolling for me saying, ‘We don’t want Aayush in the film.’ When I told him, he said there are hardly 5000 tweets and if they don’t see the film, it won’t matter,” Aayush added.

 

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Helmed by Mahesh Manjrekar, Antim: The Final Truth starring Salman Khan and Aayush Sharma will release on November 26 in the theatres.

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