Overview
- Anshuman Jha says he declined the friend role in Half Girlfriend in 2017, which Vikrant Massey eventually played, because he felt the film was miscast.
- He adds he would have accepted the part if Massey had been cast as the lead.
- He points to 12th Fail’s performance with Massey and credits Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s theatrical commitment as evidence that the right actor and release conviction drive business.
- He positions Lord Curzon Ki Haveli’s selling point as its cast—Arjun Mathur, Rasika Dugal, Paresh Pahuja and Zoha Rahman—and notes it opened in theaters on October 10.
- He praises Mathur’s talent and criticizes what he calls a culture of “cringe-watching,” saying it contributes to strong films like Jugnuma and Homebound underperforming.