Watch: When Pakistan PM Imran Khan was asked to act in Bollywood

Pakistan PM and former cricketer Imran Khan has always been in one of the trending figures on social media. This time around, someone has managed to pick up a video from archives and Imran is again at the center of attention.

Dev Anand asked Imran Khan for a movie role

In the video, Imran Khan was asked by a presenter if he has any wishes to act in a Bollywood movie. Imran replied with a smile, “You guys won’t believe but I was asked to act in a movie by one the very popular actors of his generation”. When the audience asked him about the name of the actor, he told that it is embarrassing for him to name the actor. But he later revealed that it was Dev Anand.

Imran told me that The incident took place in London. Imran Khan added that Acting has never been his ‘cup of tea’, and he was taken by surprised when this thing happened. He also told about a special relationship with Dev Anand. He was saying this in an interview with an Indian news channel in 2006.

Dev Anand once asked Imran Khan to act in one of his films. ?pic.twitter.com/2VzkpMMkU6

— PTI Scientist (@PTI_Scientist) December 30, 2019

Fans react to resurfaced video

As the video resurfaced on social media, Cricket fans across the globe took to Twitter to post their reactions. Here are some of them:

He’s way better than all the best of Bollywood men combined in every sense !!❤️

— erum naseeruddin (@esanaseer) December 30, 2019

Who needs bollywood when u r a real life superhero..

— Naz (@Nazzziha) December 30, 2019

This is classic!!! Thanks for posting it! I plan to end 2019 by watching some truly classic happy heart touching moments and this just made my list.

— Amna (@Amna_Ali48) December 31, 2019

Rumored links with Bollywood actress in past

Lahore born Imran has always been in the news with his personal life. His name was often linked with Bollywood actresses during his playing career. Most notably, he was linked with Zeenat Aman, a very popular actress in the 80s.

His first marriage was with British Producer Jemima Goldsmith. Then in 2014, he married Reham Khan. And his latest one after he took charge as Prime Minister of Pakistan is with Bushra Bibi in 2018.