He’s many things, an erstwhile model, an actor, and designer Rohit Bal’s nephew, but what Aditya Bal definitely is not is director Sanjay Leela Bansali’s choice for his next film, Guzaarish, as a tabloid report suggested. Aditya, who turned a chef after his Bollywood career didn’t take off, was unaware of the report, and when asked whether he is part of the Aishwarya Rai Bachchan- Hrithik Roshan starreer, he said , “Am I? I didn’t know.” After reading the report on the net, he was slightly taken aback.
” If the film gets under way in July, I should have known by now had I been a part of it. But I didn’t get a call from any casting agency or the director,” said Aditya, who had earlier auditioned for Jodhaa Akbar, ” I have met Sanjay sir a couple of times, but I am not doin Guzaarish, and I find the report quite strange,” he stated. Aditya tested Bollywood waters in the past. ” I did a few films, and they weren’t an intelligent choice. Then, the industry went into a transition phase. Only one [Mashooka] out of the three I did released. I did a double role in Rangeen, but it got stuck. I was fed up of waiting for the producer to complete the film. I also met a lot of unprofessionals and ran out of patience,” he said.
But would Aditya consider an offer from Sanjay? ” I’d do it as an assignment to add to another dimension to what I am doing right now. But I would always like to work in the hospitality industry,” he said. Meanwhile Mashooka director Afzal Ahmed Khan got call form some of his friends intimating him about Aditya’s big break through and he is very happy for him. Industry sources maintain that its not Aditya Bal but VJ Aditya Roy Kapoor who has been pencilled in for Guzaarsih, and is also doing Vipul Shah’s London Dreams. There sure is a possibility that there may have been a mistake, agreed Aditya.