When Neetu Chandra was replaced by Kangana Ranaut in Tanu Weds Manu

Neetu Chandra File.Pic/Yogen Shah

Ever since last year, a lot of Bollywood celebrities have spoken about how they were replaced by other actors in a lot of films that they signed. The latest actress to talk about the same is Garam Masala and Oye Lucky Lucky Oye fame Neetu Chandra, who was also a part of the thriller, 13B.

In an interview with Bollywood Hungama, she spoke about being replaced by Kangana Ranaut in Aanand L Rai's Tanu Weds Manu Returns that came out in 2011. She said, "I'm talking about Madhavan. He said, 'There was another actress who was signed for Tanu Weds Manu, but I recommended Kangana's name."

She added, "That actress was me, the one who had signed Tanu Weds Manu earlier. These kinds of things kept happening. I was removed from six movies in the past. No one would pick up the phone and call me. Neetu had to (make calls) for Neetu. But this is the journey, and this is how I had to learn things."

When asked about how does one continue a film when the hero recommends someone else's name, this is what she stated, "How do you continue? Do you think it depends on me if I want to continue the project? For any reason, if the director thinks that the hero is recommending somebody else... I don't come from the sort of background where I can (stand my ground). I'm helpless."

The actress has now been roped in the multi starrer franchise of Never Back Down - the forthquel titled as Never Back Down: Revolt. Directed by Kellie Madison and produced by Sony Motion Pictures Worldwide and Mandalay Pictures, Never Back Down: Revolt puts the spotlight on a woman who is kidnapped and forced to compete in elite underground fights and has to battle her way out to freedom.

Stepping into the shoes of a cold brutal fighter who is kidnapped and forced to battle in cut-throat underground fights to win her liberty against a gang who runs the fight trafficking ring, Neetu Chandra is one of the first actresses from Bihar to play a lead in an action packed Hollywood film!