# Qazi Touqeer’s Lost Ektaa Kapoor Opportunity

URL: https://technosports.co.in/qazi-touqeers-lost-ektaa-kapoor-opportunity/  
Published: 2026-10-16  
Updated: 2026-10-16  
Author: Reetam Bodhak

Fame Gurukul winner Qazi Touqeer finally revealed why he rejected a major role from Ektaa Kapoor in 2005. Feeling overwhelmed at twenty, he declined the rockstar character in *Kaisa Yeh Pyaar Hai*. The fallout was brutal, with media outlets falsely claiming he was arrogant. Without social media to defend himself, the false narrative haunted his career for two decades.