Pu eet
Vashisht
eveals
his
sce es
we e
emoved
f om
Shah
Rukh
Kha ‘s
‘Josh’:
‘Focus
shifted
to
me,
a d
I
was
cut
out’
Pu eet
Vashisht,
who
played
Ro ie
alo gside
Shah
Rukh
Kha
i
Ma soo
Kha ‘s
2000
film
‘Josh’,
has
ope ed
up
about
how
his
ole
i
the
film
was
sig ifica tly
cut
dow .
Rece tly,
Pu eet
spoke
about
his
equatio
with
the
supe sta ,
the
politics
behi d
his
educed
sc ee
time,
a d
the
pe so al
st uggles
he
faced
afte wa ds.
Pu eet
Vashisht
o
Shah
Rukh
Kha
as
a
acto
I
a
ca did
co ve satio
o
‘Dil
Se
Dil
Ki
Baatei ‘,
Pu eet
Vashisht
sha ed
his
ho est
opi io
o
Shah
Rukh
Kha .
He
said,
“Shah
Rukh
Kha
as
a
acto …
as
the
so
of
a
acto ,
I
ca
dissect
him.
I
would ‘t
call
him
a
g eat
acto ,
but
I
would
call
him
a
c eative,
e e getic
supe sta .
He’s
a
e te tai i g
ma .
The
phase
he
we t
th ough,
that
e e gy,
that
c eativity,
hats
off.”He
also
touched
upo
how
the
i dust y
has
cha ged
ove
the
yea s
whe
it
comes
to
epotism,
sayi g,
“Back
the ,
the
whole
outside–i side
epotism
issue
was ‘t
so
p evale t.
What
we’ e
seei g
ow,
with
A a ya
Pa day,
Va u
Dhawa ,
Tige
Sh off,
is
whe
epotism
has
eally
take
hold.
At
that
time,
be chma ks
we e
bei g
set,
the
seeds
of
epotism
we e
bei g
sow ,
but
it
was ‘t
domi a t
yet.”
Pu eet
Vashisht
o
why
his
ole
i
‘Josh’
was
cut
Pu eet
Vashisht
evealed
that
he
had
actually
t ai ed
Shah
Rukh
Kha
i
da ce
a d
that
his
e e gy
o
set
eve tually
wo ked
agai st
him.
He
explai ed,
“A
lot
was
cut
f om
‘Josh’.
I
had
t ai ed
Shah
Rukh
bhai
i
da ce,
a d
he
was
awa e
of
my
e e gy.
Whe
Ma soo
Kha
would
set
up
shots,
SRK
was
k ow
fo
his
e e gy.
He
would
do
a
10-foot
jump,
a d
I
would
automatically
jump
–
mi e
would
be
14
feet.
So
the
focus
shifted
to
me,
a d
I
was
cut
out.
If
I
we e
i
his
place,
maybe
I
would
have
do e
the
same.
But
I
do ‘t
thi k
I’m
like
that.
At
that
time,
he
was
eally
isi g,
so
if
a yo e
came
i
betwee ,
it
was
cut,
cut,
cut
–
elimi ate
it.
I
was
immatu e
too.
‘Josh’
gave
me
a
lot,
a d
eve
today
people
love
it.
I
was
20
yea s
old
whe
I
did
‘Josh’.
It
was
supposed
to
take
fou
mo ths,
but
it
st etched
to
fou
a d
a
half
yea s.
My
immatu ity
was
that
I
focused
o
what
I
lost,
ot
o
what
I
gai ed.”
Pu eet
Vashisht
o
his
st uggles
with
dep essio
a d
alcoholism
Pu eet
Vashisht
also
spoke
about
the
difficult
phase
that
followed,
att ibuti g
it
to
i dust y
lobbies
that
allegedly
sideli ed
him.
He
said,
“At
that
time,
the
g oups
fo mi g
–
the
t ees
of
epotism
–
did ‘t
wa t
this
e e gy
to
come
i .
So
those
g oups
o
lobbies
avoided
me
a
lot.
I
slipped
i to
dep essio
a d
alcoholism.
I
had
tale t;
I
had
co fide ce,
but
it
was ‘t
bei g
used,
so
these
thi gs
happe ed.
But
ow,
by
God’s
g ace,
it
was
all
pa t
of
the
p ocess.”
About
Pu eet
Vashisht
Apa t
f om
‘Josh’,
Pu eet
Vashisht
has
featu ed
i
films
like
‘Taal’
(1999),
‘Gayab’
(2004),
‘Fa aa’
(2006),
a d
‘Happy
New
Yea ‘
(2014).
He
was
also
a
wild
ca d
co testa t
o
Bigg
Boss
9
i
2015.
