‘I’m off to NY, I’m not sure if I’ll return’
Raj Kumar Gupta's muse says she has "quit" Revolution 2020 to keep a prior commitment
Vickey Lalwani (MUMBAI MIRROR; August 15, 2014)

Myra Karn is out of Revolution 2020, director Raj Kumar Gupta stays on... Buzz is, she was dropped from the project because the producers wanted a more 'saleable' name. But Myra tells Mirror that she quit the project because the dates kept changing.

Myra who got her big break in Raj Kumar Gupta's No One Killed Jessica, in which she played Jessica, admits that she had read Chetan Bhagat's bestseller on which the film is based. "The producers sent me a copy," she reveals.

She even had a contract with the studio and asserts that she was the first choice for the role with both the producer and the director. "We were supposed to start in June. The makers knew I had prior commitments. Since we couldn't stick to the original schedule, they were gracious enough to let me go. I'm flying off to New York, I am not sure when and if I will return," she says.

She adds, "I don't know why people are making a big deal about my exit from 2020. In the past too, I have let go of so many projects and never spoken about them."

The big deal is being made because grapevine has it that she is dating Gupta. And he was the one who insisted on having her in the film because he is obsessed with her. They are said to be living together.

Myra is incredulous. "I am not dating Raj and I stay in Juhu while he in Andheri. If he were obssessed with me, wouldn't he have cast me in the film he made after No One killed Jessica, Ghanchakkar? Why would he have made me wait till Revolution 2020? Raj is a sensible, forthright and talented director whose integrity can never be doubted. Nobody can compel him to do anything," she asserts.

As she packs her bags, Myra insists that she was never a victim of the 'casting couch'. "Raj Kumar and I were friends even before he cast me as Jessica. He said he will create magic for me." Well, did the magic fade?