Abhishek Chaubey's filmmaking journey truly took off with his 2010 directorial debut 'Ishqiya', starring Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah, and Arshad Warsi. Now, the filmmaker has admitted that the film was originally envisioned with an entirely different cast, including Pankaj Tripathi, Irrfan Khan, and Preity Zinta.