If Mathew McCounaughey, the lead actor of "Dallas Buyers Club", is to be believed the film earlier had names like Brad Pitt and Ryan Gosling attached to it.

The movie was originally to be made with Pitt as the lead at one point in time and then later there were changes in the project happening with Ryan Gosling.

"At one time, Brad Pitt was attached to it and Ryan Gosling was attached to it. For whatever reasons, it didn't get made," McCounaughey said in a statement.

"Dallas Buyers Club" is gearing up for its India release Feb 28. It is distributed by PVR Pictures and PictureWorks.