Ronit Roy On Losing ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Due To ‘Student Of The Year’: They Refused To Release My Dates

Ronit Roy recently appeared on comedy show ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’ to promote 'Shehzada' along with the cast of his upcoming film, Kartik Aaryan and Kriti Sanon. During the episode, the actor revealed that he had to give up his role in the Hollywood film ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ because of Karan Johar's ‘Student of the Year’ as the team of the film wasn’t willing to shift dates for the film. 

Kapil then asked Ronit to let everyone know that he was offered a role in ‘Zero Dark Thirty’, and why he gave it up. “Yes, I was selected for the film 'Zero Dark Thirty', without any auditions. They told me the director Kathryn Bigelow had seen my work and wanted to cast me. I was shocked that an Oscar-winning director has selected me for her film,” Ronit said. 

He added, “But then, their films are scheduled and Karan Johar had all my dates. I asked them to shift dates, as this was a lifetime opportunity for me – to work with an Oscar-winning director in a Hollywood film. But they refused, not Karan, but they (people working with him) refused to release me, and refused to cancel my dates for ‘Student of the Year’. So I had to refuse. And, then when I called up Karan a week ahead of the Student of the Year shooting, asking when the shoot begins, he told me they are not shooting on schedule. So, that was the biggest bummer. I could not take up that offer and even they (Karan's film) did not happen on time.”

Well, this is not the first time Ronit has opened up about being offered ‘Zero Dark Thirty’. He had told Hindustan Times a couple of years back, “I really regret not being able to do ‘Homeland’ and ‘Zero Dark Thirty’. I would have loved to work with Kathryn Bigelow. It would have helped me grow as an actor. But I don’t live with regrets. I was busy with other commitments [when I was approached for ZDT], and the dates didn’t work out.”