Actor Abhinav Shukla recalled his discouraging audition experience with Yash Raj Films' casting director Shanoo Sharma back in 2014. "She told me, 'You're a good-looking guy, but that's it, spark is missing,'" he said. Years later, Abhinav recalled, filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali praised him at an audition, saying, 'How come you haven't worked so much? You are super talented'.