Mahesh Babu's heroine Amrita Rao was robbed of Salman Khan's Wanted. Amrita Rao gave sleepless nights with her beauty treat romancing Mahesh Babu in her Tollywood debut Athidhi directed by Surender Reddy. Amrita Rao speaking to scribes, made a startling revelation about how she was robbed of Salman Khan's Wanted.
It is known that Salman Khan starred in Wanted, a remake of Mahesh Babu's Pokiri. The film is directed by Prabhu Deva. Amrita Rao shares "A few months later, I was in Hyderabad shooting for a Telugu film with south superstar Mahesh Babu. One evening, back from the shoot in the lobby of my hotel Taj Banjara, I bumped into a production guy who worked closely with Mr. Boney Kapoor. 'Oh, hi Amrita! How are you doing? If only our dates hadn't clashed, you would be shooting for us with Salman Khan for Wanted,' he said. I looked at him blankly. 'When was 1 approached for Wanted?' I asked, confused."
Amrita shared "the person as saying, “Oh of course you were, I had called your manager and he said your dates were impossible to match." In her book,she added "My heart broke into pieces and I was completely shattered. 'I was never informed by him about such a huge offer, if only I knew, I'd have definitely worked out the dates for you,' I said, reeling from the shock! Instead of taking our separation in his stride, my ex-manager had decided to give me this vengeful parting gift!"
The makers of Wanted cast Ayesha Takia as the female lead and the film turned out to be a blockbuster reviving Salman Khan's sagging fortunes. Amrita Rao- RJ Anmol's book Couple of Things was launched by Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone.