Alright we get that Shashi Tharoor has a charming persona and is one of the most well-spoken leader in India – but does that qualify him to feature in a full-fledged mainstream Bollywood flick?
During a recent chat show, the Congress MP revealed how he was once offered a role in a Bollywood flick which also co-starred none other than Salman Khan.
This was before Tharoor made a name for himself in Indian politics or in the Congress party.
During a conversation with Janice Sequeira on Social Media Star, here is what Tharoor was quoted telling on the subject:
“One amusing offer (came to me) for a bit part in a Salman Khan starrer from a rather famous director. I can always cherish these moments. It was to play the role of an Indian foreign minister in a sequence and the advice I was given by a good friend was, ‘If you want to be the foreign minister, don’t play the foreign minister.’ I thought that made sense and I backed off.”
Doesn’t seem like he made a bad decision after-all?
We’ve had plenty of ‘misfits’ in Bollywood pretending to be ‘actors’, don’t think we could have handled Mr Tharoor doing the same.
What do you think?