Not Kangana Ranaut, but this actress would have played the lead in Tanu Weds Manu

Well we all are aware of the biasness, casting couch, animosity and other such things that lead the strugglers to suffer  in Bollywood. There also are cases where actors get replaced for strange reasons. The 36-year-old actress Neetu Chandra has a similar story to tell. She was supposed to play the lead in Tanu Weds Manu, but got replaced by Kangana Ranaut and what really was surprising, she blamed R Madhavan.

The film Tanu Weds Manu was a major hit at the box office raking 38 crores. And its sequel Tanu Weds Manu Return  was a super duper hit raking 152 crores at the box office. This film could have been a game changer for Neetu Chandra. But she got replaced by Kangna Ranaut and she blames R. Madhwan (who played the lead actor in the film) for the changes.

In an interview, Neetu Chandra said, “Madhavan had said that there was another actress cast for Tanu Weds Manu but I recommended Kangana’s name. That’s how Kangana came in the movie because everybody approved of her but that actress is me who had signed Tanu Weds Manu earlier. These are the kind of films that kept happening. I was removed from six movies in the past. This is a journey and it is how I had to learn things and reach here.”

She continued, “How do you continue? Do you think it depends on me? For any reason, the director thinks that if the hero is recommending somebody else, maybe the comfort zone is better. In this industry, I don’t come from the background to push myself like ‘No! I am going to do it!’ I stand at a position where I am helpless. You think I am not helpless? Yes, I am. If you want me to remove from a project, you think I can do anything? No, I can’t. Nobody can do it. There are a lot of actresses who are replaced by others but I think I take it in a way that this was my destiny. I have no complaints.”