EXCLUSIVE: Harshvadhan Rane reveals how he got Sanam Teri Kasam over another actor and it has a Teddy Day connection

Harshavardhan Rane is on cloud nine as his 2016 film Sanam Teri Kasam is breaking box office records upon its re-release. The Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru directorial – which earned a mere Rs 9 crore during its initial box office run, is now one of the highest-grossing re-released films and has amassed a total of Rs 16 crore in the three of being in theatres again. During an exclusive telephonic conversation with Bollywood Bubble, Harsh got candid about many things, including how he bagged the role of Inder Lal Parihaar, the film’s astonishing BO success and more. Scroll below to read the snippets.

Harshvardhan Rane on bagging Sanam Teri Kasam

Given that it’s Valentine’s Week, we wished Harshvardhan a ‘Happy Teddy Day’ and spoke about Sanam Teri Kasam’s elevator scene where Rane’s character helps Mawra Hocane’s Saru out of her bear costume. Sharing an interesting anecdote about that scene, the actor revealed, “That was my audition. You’ve put your finger on a very sensitive topic.”

He then continues, “That was my audition, which I had to beg for because they had already cast someone else for this role. I had to beg them to take my audition because I was very convinced about this film and my role. They said, ‘You’re wasting our time’, but I kept requesting. They said the boy who’s cast is sitting in the other office. I said, ‘Yes, but can you please see my audition at least?’ Then, I forced my way in and somehow managed to do the audition. They saw it and asked me to do it again. And I did it again. Then they went in and came out and hugged me and said, ‘You’re doing the film.’ So, yeah, that’s how I got the film.”

He concluded by saying, “That was the teddy bear scene, so happy teddy day.”

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Written and directed by Radhika Rao-Vinay Sapru, Sanam Teri Kasam is a romantic drama that starrer Harshvardhan Rane and Pakistani actress Mawra Hocane in lead roles. A modern rendition of the legends of Shiva-Sati and the novel Love Story by Eric Segal, the film tells the story of a tough ex-convict Inder and a traditional librarian Saru. From friends to lovers and then spouses, their love story is like no other as tragedy changes their lives forever.

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The film has taken the box office by storm upon it’s re-release and has already amassed Rs 18.57 crore nett in India.

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