Sanjay Kapoor: My brother Boney didn't cast me when I was going through tough phase

Sanjay Kapoor, in a new interview, has opened up about the struggles in his career despite being Anil Kapoor and Boney Kapoor’s brother. He also recalled how he could have been cast in ‘No Entry’, which starred Anil Kapoor and was produced by Boney Kapoor. He feels he could have done Fardeen Khan’s part, but Khan was cast because he was ‘more sellable’ at that point.

Speaking to Shivani Pau for her podcast, Sanjay Kapoor said that his brothers did not help him out during his low phase.

“My brother (Boney) didn’t cast me when I was going through the (tough) phase. When he made No Entry, he could have taken me instead of Fardeen Khan; but he didn’t. There were already Anil Kapoor and Salman Khan in its cast, so he could have sold the picture anyway. The picture would have done well anyway even if he took me. Things would have still happened the way it happened and No Entry would have been a blockbuster,” he said.

Sanjay Kapoor continued, “But he took Fardeen because, at that time, he was more sellable than me. I haven’t worked in my brother’s production in the last 20 years. When I was producing films and going through this low (phase), it was not that they didn’t love me. But it is business at the end of the day.”

Sanjay Kapoor was a part of two recent films – Sriram Raghavan’s ‘Merry Christmas’ starring Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi and Homi Adjania’s ‘Murder Mubarak’.