India, July 1 -- More than two decades since Main Hoon Na (2004) lit up the silver screen, Zayed Khan has finally peeled back the curtain on how he landed the role of Lucky. In a recent interview with Siddharth Kannan for Brut India, Zayed, now 45, shared how he was never supposed to be in Main Hoon Na in the first place. "Yaar, I think people know this story," he began, "but I was really lucky because the role was first given to Hrithik, and nothing happened there. Then the role was offered to Sohail Khan, but it didn't stick there either. Then the role was offered to Abhishek (Bachchan), it didn't stick there either. I don't know what happened."

What happened next could've been a scene straight out of a Bollywood film. Zayed, hoping to...