ISLAMABAD – Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar has revealed thathe once had the opportunity to act in a movie, but turned down the role.
Akhtar noted that he was offered a leading role in the Bollywood movie*Gangster*, but turned it down. Former batsman Younis Khan hilariouslyresponded that Akhtar would have been the perfect man for the job.
“Shoaib Akhtar left one film, otherwise he would have had double thesubscribers,” Dr. Nauman Niaz said in the videolink on Akhtar’s YouTube channel.
Younis Khan added: “It was a semi-final in Mohali.” Akhtar responded: “Iremember. I was telling Younis Khan this story of *Gangster*.” Younisreplied: “Tell me exactly what the story was.”
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When Akhtar told him the whole story, Younis said: “What did you do, thisrole was made for you. You didn’t have to do anything in this movie.”
In response, Akhtar said: “How many more films would I have done other than*Gangster*.”
