India, Oct. 26 -- Actor Rana Daggubati recalled at IFP 2026 (India Film Project) at Mehboob Studios in Mumbai how Ranbir Kapoor and director Ayan Mukerji unexpectedly roped him into a brief cameo in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, a 2013 film starring Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone. Daggubati said he remembers little about the cameo, which he said was filmed overnight in Udaipur.
How the cameo came about
Daggubati said another “big star” was initially supposed to play the role but declined, after which Mukerji and Kapoor approached him while he was staying at a hotel and shooting another film. He described being taken to Udaipur the same night to shoot the scene and returning by morning.
Daggubati described the sequence of events as follows...