Vijay Sethupathi and Katrina Kaif’s Merry Christmas is all set to have its release in the coming month. After the makers dropped the trailer of the film the anticipation and curiosity among the audience only boosted up.

In a recent interview, the director of the film, Sriram Raghavan went on to share that Saif Ali Khan wanted to portray the role of Vijay in the film but the filmmaker wanted somebody else although he didn’t cast Vijay by that time.

Sriram shared, "What happened is that I had met Katrina, casually after Andhadhun and we were discussing of doing something. And I had this story and as I began, I said, 'okay. She will be fab in this. Who's the guy?' Then I went through the usual set; our whole lot. I was trying to compare. Either they have done something. And I wanted a very unique kind of a pairing because that's the story requirement. One should not get a baggage from either of them that, 'What are these two people about', and so on."

He further added, "So I met Saif Ali Khan. He was a little upset that I told him no. But that time, I had not cast Vijay Sethupathi. I just said that, 'I want something fresh. I don't know what I am looking for.'"

 
Sriram concluded about having Katrina and Vijay in the lead by the end as he said, "I thought that this is very interesting and this odd-ball combination will make people curious. And I myself was curious. With any regular pairing, I could sort of imagine a certain movie. Here, I did not know it myself. So the excitement was there".

Directed by Sriram Raghavan, Merry Christmas is set to release on January 12, 2024.

Source: Pinkvilla