New Delhi. Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee’s romantic drama film ‘Chalte Chalte’ was released in the year 2003. The film was a big hit at the box office. Initially, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was cast for ‘Chalte Chalte’. Even shooting had started, but later Aishwarya was replaced by Rani Mukherjee. Recently, Aziz Mirza, director of ‘Chalte Chalte’, talked about this matter.
During the interview with radio intoxication, Aziz Mirza talked about the decision to replace Rani Mukherjee in place of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in ‘Chalte Chalte’. When asked that you started the film with Aishwarya? On this question, Aziz Mirza did not disclose the right reason, but told that he had shot a song.
One day was shot
He said, we had shot only the song ‘Prem Nagaria’. We only shot for one day. Unfortunately, things did not happen, as we expected and then Rani Mukherjee came in the film.
Why did Juhi Chawla not be cast?
This was the first time Aziz Mirza did not cast Juhi Chawla with Shah Rukh Khan, as the pair was in the lead role in their first three films. When he was asked why he did not cast Juhi in ‘Chalte’, Aziz Mirza told that he felt that the time of change had come. The director said, ‘I felt that people would like to see a new face. Juhi would be good like someone else. It is not that the queen was bad, the queen was as excellent as usual ‘.’
Shahrukh Khan said this
Some time ago a video of Shah Rukh Khan went viral, in which he expressed regret over replacing Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in ‘Chalte Chalte’. Shahrukh told that, ‘My hands were tied as a producer, because I was not the only producer. I had a team. This was a collective decision of 10-11 people. We were not doing too well as a manufacturer. It was at stake. The reputation of the entire company was at stake.
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Even today Shahrukh Khan regrets
He further said, ‘We wanted to finish the film in three to four months. Personally, if you ask me, Aishwarya is very professional, but I think we were a little unhappy with this whole matter and we felt that it should not have happened. We felt very bad. There is no two opinions in this. It is said that Aishwarya Rai was dating Salman Khan during the shooting of Shah Rukh Khan’s film ‘Chalte Chalte’. At that time, Salman created a ruckus on the set of the film, due to which the makers replaced Aishwarya with Rani Mukherjee.
