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Koel Mallick Once Rejected Gangster Which Made Kangana Ranaut A Star
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News18•05-10-2026, 15:01
Koel Mallick Once Rejected Gangster Which Made Kangana Ranaut A Star
- •Bengali actress Koel Mallick turned down Anurag Basu's film Gangster because she was not comfortable filming bold and intimate scenes.
- •Gangster marked the Bollywood debut of Kangana Ranaut, who won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for her stellar performance.
- •Koel later jokingly remarked that had she accepted the role, Bollywood would have missed out on a versatile actress like Kangana.
- •Koel Mallick is the daughter of veteran Bengali actor Ranjit Mallick and has been honored with the Mahanayak Samman by the West Bengal government.
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Koel Mallick turned down the role in Gangster because the romantic thriller featured intimate and bold scenes, which she was not comfortable filming.
Koel Mallick took oath as a Rajya Sabha MP on April 6 and subsequently resigned from her parliamentary position on July 16 following the assembly election results and political shifts.
Koel Mallick made her acting debut in the 2003 Bengali film Nater Guru, which turned out to be a major box office success.
