Actor Imran Khan recently shared how one of his stories was stolen by the executives of a television channel. The actor revealed that after returning to India in 2005, following the completion of his studies, he aspired to become a director and writer, with acting not initially on his mind. He created a folder of his stories and went in “cold” (without telling anyone about his industry connections) to pitch to a television channel.

Imran told Humans of Bombay that while the channel appreciated his ideas, he never heard from them again. It wasn`t until one of his actress friends mentioned being cast in a role with the story bearing a striking resemblance to the outline of the script that he submitted.