Bollywood actress Parineeti Chopra celebrates her birthday on October 22. She made her Bollywood debut in the romantic comedy 'Ladies vs Ricky Bahl', in a supporting role with Ranveer Singh and Anushka Sharma. However, she found fame with 'Ishaqzaade' in which she played a leading role opposite Arjun Kapoor. The film which was a critical and commercial hit at the box office even earned a National Film Award for her role as a boisterous and feisty tomboy Zoya, a Muslim girl who marries a Hindu boy and gives birth to new rivalry in both families.

Parineeti went on to do films like ‘Saina’, ‘Golmaal Again’, ‘Kesari’, ‘The Girl on the Train’, and the recent ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’. That being said, not many are aware that she was Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s first choice as the female lead for ‘Animal’. Here’s why she refused to sign up for the role.