Abhay Deol had almost got rejected for `Road, Movie`

Mumbai: Dev Benegal, who can`t stop raving about Abhay Deol now, admits that initially he had rejected him for the role in `Road, Movie`.

"My casting director had given me some pictures of Abhay long back, where he was shirtless and those were all posey glamorous pictures. I hated the pictures and told the casting director that I don`t want this kind of hero for my film," said Benegal. "Later I met Abhay in New York and while having a conversation I realised how he completely fits in the character of Vishnu in `Road, Movie`. He had that freshness and vulnerability that was required for Vishnu`s character. Hence I decided to work with him. It was funny that he was the same guy, I rejected earlier," he added. Releasing March 5 here, `Road, Movie` revolves around Vishnu (Abhay Deol), a young man desperate to escape a future working as a salesman for his father`s hair oil business. IANS