Mira Nair's official adaptation of the most efficient seller book 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' was in news for quite a while. It was over two years back when Irrfan was offered to play an all important a part of a progressive Pakistan protagonist within the film. As has turned out, after months of talks, Irrfan and Mira have finally exchanged a goodbye note so far as this film is concerned.
"Mira and Irrfan did discuss the film very long time back but after that there has been no word at the film. While Mira got busy with putting together other cast members for this film boasts of a world ensemble, even Irrfan got busy together with his other assignments. Meanwhile there has been no word from Mira, hence making even Irrfan wonder how the project was taking shape. However recently when Mira came back to him with the proposal of doing the film, he needed to politely decline", informs a source just about the actor.
This indeed stumbled on as a surprise for plenty of available in the market since Mira is credited for giving Irrfan certainly one of his biggest international exposures within the type of The Namesake. However, Irrfan had his own reasons to opt out.
"Of late he was doing too many heavy duty films, Paan Singh Tomar being considered one of them", the source continues, "Moreover he was busy along with his international assignments like The Lifetime of Pi and The Amazing Spiderman that required him to stick in another country for extended durations. He wanted a break for himself when it came to yet one more international assignment and excused out of it."
In the process, he ended up signing Bollywood flicks like Tigmanshu Dhulia's Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster 2 and (rumoured to be titled) Fanne Khan (with Shivam Nair) that allowed him to be closer home and in addition breathe easy.
Confirms Irrfan, "Yes, I USED TO BE fatigued and did not want to get into that sort of zone again. I requested Mira that I WANTED an antidote at this stage of my life and doing The Reluctant Fundamentalist could be a little an excessive amount of. She understood so it was all amicable."
