The pairing of Shahrukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai won the hearts of the audience in films like Mohabbatein, Devdas and Josh. The on-screen chemistry of both was much appreciated. However, despite their wonderful pairing, Shahrukh Khan had removed Aishwarya Rai from about 5 of his films. The special thing is that all these films later achieved great success. Some reports claimed that Shahrukh had taken this decision after the interference of Salman Khan during the shooting of a film with Aishwarya.
Yes, Aishwarya Rai was the first choice for the film Chalte Chalte. The shooting of this film, being made under the banner of Shahrukh Khan and Juhi Chawla’s production company Dreamz Unlimited, had already started. But later, Aishwarya was replaced by Rani Mukherjee. The reason for this is said to be Salman Khan. Let us know what was the whole matter?
Why was there a rift between Aishwarya and Shahrukh?
It is said that due to Salman Khan, some problems had arisen on the set, due to which the shooting of the film got delayed and tension increased. For this reason, the decision was taken to remove Aishwarya from the film. Although both the actors had apologized to Shahrukh, the producers were not ready to give them another chance in this matter.
Aishwarya was hurt by Shahrukh Khan’s decision
Later, in Simi Garewal’s show, Aishwarya Rai admitted that she was removed from at least 5 films with Shahrukh Khan. Apart from Chalte Chalte, names of films like Veer Zara and Kal Ho Na Ho were also included in these. Talking about this, Aishwarya had said that some films were going to be done with her, but suddenly without any reason those films were lost from her hands. He had said that it was not his decision and in such a situation a person is shocked, confused and obviously sad. She starts questioning herself why this happened.
Shahrukh Khan expressed regret over Aishwarya’s removal
Later, Shahrukh Khan also expressed regret over the decision to remove Aishwarya from the film. He admitted that Aishwarya had no fault and removing her from the film was sad for him too. Shahrukh had described Aishwarya as his close friend and favorite co-star in an interview. He had said that both of them worked together in great films like Josh, Mohabbatein and Devdas and there was a good bonding between them.
Shahrukh gave the reason for replacing Aishwarya
Shahrukh had told that as a producer his hands were tied, because he was not the sole producer of this film. An entire team and UTV was also working with him. It was a collective decision of about 10-11 people. He had also made it clear that this decision was not due to any superstition but was a completely professional decision. However, despite this he deeply regretted this decision.
