Dev Anand once asked Imran Khan to act in a Bollywood movie

This incident was mentioned in Dev Anand's autobiography, "Romancing with Life".

(Web Desk) – An old video of Prime Minister Imran Khan has been going viral on social media where he revealed on an Indian TV show that he was offered a role in a Bollywood movie by late legendary actor Dev Anand.

"You won t believe it but I was once I asked by a brilliant Indian actor who we all look up to, to act in one of his upcoming films. In fact, he even turned up in England to request me, but I was puzzled," expressed Imran Khan as saying in the video.

Dev Anand once asked Imran Khan to act in one of his films. pic.twitter.com/2VzkpMMkU6

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Upon asking about the name of the person, and reason for rejecting the role, he said: "I won‘t name him because it will be embarrassing."

But upon being pressured by the host to reveal the actor‘s name, Khan confirmed it was Dev Anand.

"For me it is strange, to think that just because I am a cricketer, doesn‘t mean I can be an actor as well. It doesn‘t make sense to me.

"(Indian-origin director) Ismail Merchant also once asked me to act in a film, but again I was puzzled because I can‘t act. I couldn‘t even act in a school play, let alone a film," Khan was quoted as saying.

This incident was mentioned in Dev Anand‘s autobiography, "Romancing with Life".