One of Bollywood’s most beloved love stories, ‘Aashiqui 2’ has just turned 13 years old, and its director Mohit Suri finally answers the question that fans have been asking for over a decade – why did it never get a follow-up with the same lead pair?
Mohit Suri talks about not repeating ‘Aashiqui 2’ duet.
On the 13th anniversary of the film’s release, Mohit Suri took to Instagram to revisit his memories of making the film, reigniting nostalgia across social media.
In a conversation with Variety India, the director explained his deliberate choice of casting.
He said, “Look, I think I was trying not to repeat the magic because it was never the same. So, I was trying not to repeat Shraddha and Aditya then because for me, ‘Aashiqui’, along with its sequel, everything else was very special.”
Mohit Suri reveals Aditya Roy Kapur He pushed for a reunification
During the interaction, Mohit revealed that the leading man, Aditya Roy Kapur himself had roped him in for another collaboration.
“Aditya came to me and said we haven’t worked together after Aashiqui. Hell, you work with everyone else. I was a friend of yours. I said, ‘I will make an action film with you’. I made ‘Malang’, which was good, but not a love story because I can’t get over ‘Aashiqui’ myself with him,” he recalls.
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Mohit Suri talks about casting in his films
The director also shared his basic casting philosophy, which he believes separates successes from disasters.
“I think you have to be flexible when it comes to what’s right. I think, let’s be honest, let’s get the movie right.” He added that chasing low-budget stars instead of stars that are right for the character often backfires. “I realized that whenever I cast someone for this character, it came to me,” he said.
Whenever I tried to create a project, it never worked for me.”
More about Mohit Suri
Fresh off of one of the biggest hits of 2025, ‘Saiyaara’, which launched newcomers Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda, Suri has reunited the duo for his next project, ‘Satranga’, while maintaining his belief in letting the script, not star power, drive his choices.
