Delhi Belly filmmaker Abhinay Deo reveals he was aware of Imran Khan decision to quit acting: "He refused a couple of my films"

Imran Khan’s decision to quit acting came as a surprise for filmmaker Abhinay Deo when he approached the actor for a few projects after collaborating with him on Delhi Belly a decade ago. The filmmaker got talking about the actor’s decision to wrap up his acting career and said that Imran is a ‘great guy’ who should be in the industry.

The Delhi Belly actor quit acting after 8 years of making his debut and was last seen on screen in the 2015 romantic comedy Katti Batti. As the experimental comedy Delhi Belly clocks a decade, Abhinay while speaking to Spotboye spoke about Imran and said, "I felt sad as I have high regard for that man. He is a great guy and there is anyway a shortage of good people in this world. He is one of the good guys and he should be there in this industry. He is a talented guy, whether in front of the camera or behind it."

"He is a trained filmmaker and a writer too. I feel he should get his creativity out in any form that he can. But I did feel bad that he did not want to act anymore,” he added.

Imran has been lying low since the past couple of years and has not signed any projects. Talking about his attempt to cast Imran in a few films, Abhinay also said, "Imran refused a couple of my films because he said he was stopping acting and I was taken aback a bit by that, otherwise he would have been a part of one of my films four years back. But he didn’t want to go down that route at all as he was reinventing himself. I think every person has a process and I am sure we will see some spectacular work from him in the future."

It was actor Akshay Oberoi who broke the news of Imran Khan’s decision to quit acting last year.