Director Mohit Suri explains why Kriti could not be a part of Malang and refutes rumours that she turned down the film
Onkar Kulkarni (BOMBAY TIMES; January 13, 2020)

While Disha Patani plays Aditya Roy Kapur's love interest in Malang, and the duo undoubtedly look sizzling in the trailer, earlier, there were reports doing the rounds that Kriti Sanon was the original choice for the film. Later, it was reported that she had walked out of the project to pick other films that had come her way.

Recently, when Bombay Times caught up with director of Malang, Mohit Suri, he cleared the air around the casting of the psychological thriller, and said, “We had approached Kriti. She had even read the script and we were planning out the dates, but it didn’t work out.”

Mohit explains that Malang has a big cast (Aditya, Disha, Anil Kapoor, Kunal Kemmu) and getting all the actors’ dates was an issue. “As a director, my job was to reach out to an actor. I did that, but then she also received offers for Housefull 4 and Panipat. She would have had to waste six months to be a part of my film, as I was figuring out the dates with other actors. Kriti really wanted to do Malang, but she had to let go of it and choose other films instead. It is as simple as that, and nothing as sensational as the news reports claimed that, ‘she has walked out of the project’,” said Mohit.