Throwback! This is what Aishwarya Rai Bachchan needed to say about rejecting Rani Mukerji’s position in ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ – Instances of India

Karan Johar had approached many actresses for Tina’s position in ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ earlier than it lastly landed on Rani Mukerji’s lap. Aside from his childhood buddy Twinkle Khanna, the director had additionally pitched the position to none aside from Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

Opening up about why she rejected the position provided by Karan Johar in ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’, Aishwarya had instructed Filmfare in an outdated interview, “I am in a catch-22 state of affairs, actually. Although I am a newcomer, I am in contrast with all of the senior actresses.” She added, “If I might accomplished the movie, it could have been tittered that, ‘Look, Aishwarya Rai is again to doing what she did in her modelling days—leaving her hair straight, sporting minis, and pouting glamorously into the digital camera.’ In the end, the hero goes again to the extra actual individual. I do know if I might accomplished Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, I might have been lynched.”

Though the actress and the director missed working collectively in ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’, they reunited 17 years later in ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’. The film additionally starred Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma within the lead roles. It obtained constructive evaluations from the viewers and the critics alike.

Subsequent, Karan is all set along with his interval drama, ‘Takht’ which boasts of an ensemble star solid that features, Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Vicky Kaushal, Bhumi Pednekar, Janhvi Kapoor and Anil Kapoor.

Aishwarya, alternatively, will probably be reuniting with Mani Ratnam in ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ the place she’s going to reportedly essay a personality with gray shades.