In 2008, Dibakar Banerjee’s film ‘Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!’ received immense love from the audience. Abhay Deol’s acting and character in this film had carved a special place in people’s hearts. Even today, when people hear the name ‘Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!’, they start talking about Abhay Deol’s character. But you’ll be surprised to know that Abhay Deol wasn’t Dibakar Banerjee’s first choice for this film.

Abhay Deol was not the first choice for the film

Dibakar Banerjee is currently busy promoting his upcoming film Love Sex Aur Dhokha-2. During these promotions, he revealed in Siddharth Kannan’s podcast that before Abhay Deol, he approached two other actors for his film. One of these actors was Shiney Ahuja.

Dibakar wanted to cast Shiney Ahuja

Without taking any actor’s name, Dibakar Banerjee said that he had sent the script of ‘Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!’ to an actor from the mid-segment at that time, but that actor didn’t like the script. After this, Dibakar Banerjee wanted to cast Shiney Ahuja in this film.

That’s why Shiney Ahuja didn’t get the film

Dibakar Banerjee said that he was a big fan of Shiney, so he wanted him to play the character of Lucky. For this, he talked to Shiney, but Shiney Ahuja demanded crores of rupees for this film. Due to this reason, Shiney Ahuja did not get a place in the film. After this, Dibakar Banerjee decided to cast Abhay Deol.

How did Abhay Deol come into the picture?

Dibakar Banerjee revealed that he watched Imtiaz Ali’s ‘Socha Na Tha’ and from there, he got the idea of casting Abhay Deol. After watching the film, he talked to Abhay Deol and cast him for the role of Lucky in the film.