‘We do not audition outsiders and newcomers’: Ayushmann Khurrana about an early rejection story involving Karan Johar

Ayushmann Khurrana, who not too long ago appeared in ‘Udta Teer’, as soon as recalled an early encounter with filmmaker Karan Johar that didn’t unfold as he had anticipated. Earlier than changing into a recognised Bollywood actor, Ayushmann labored as a radio jockey and sought alternatives to enter the movie trade. Throughout an look on the chat present ‘Koffee With Karan’ S9, he narrated how a dialog with Karan Johar in 2007 led to an sudden response when he tried to contact the filmmaker.

The incident passed off at an awards ceremony when Khurrana was working as an RJ. He met Johar, who was among the many first celebrities he had interviewed. Hoping to pursue his appearing ambitions, Ayushmann requested the filmmaker for his contact quantity. The actor later recalled that he obtained a landline quantity and determined to name the next morning. Nonetheless, the response he obtained left him disillusioned. The one who answered reportedly advised him that the manufacturing home didn’t audition outsiders and newcomers.

Recounting the dialog, Ayushmann mentioned, “I used to be like, ‘Can I’ve your quantity? I need to be an actor’. You gave me a landline quantity. The subsequent morning, after I referred to as the quantity and requested to talk to Karan Johar, the individual on the opposite line mentioned, ‘We don’t audition outsiders and newcomers’ or one thing like that.”

The expertise turned a memorable a part of Ayushmann’s early makes an attempt to determine himself within the leisure trade.

Johar supplied his personal interpretation of the incident throughout the dialog. Responding to Ayushmann’s recollection, the filmmaker mentioned, “I gave you the proper quantity. That was very candy of me! I have to’ve thought that you just had potential.”