Late Bollywood actress Sridevi is known to be India’s first-ever female superstar and has received infinite love from her fans all through her life.
Today, as it is the actress’s 58th birth anniversary, let’s look at the hit movies rejected by Sridevi.
1- Baahubali
The greatest ever film of Indian cinema, Baahubali, was offered to Sridevi. It is reported that Sridevi was offered the role which Ramya Krishnan played but Sridevi rejected that offer and signed another South project.
2- Baghban
Baghban is an evergreen movie and has a huge fanbase even after so many years of release. However, very few people know that Hema Malini’s role in Baghban was actually offered to Sridevi but she rejected the movie for some personal reasons.
3- Mohabbatein
Mohabbatein, starring Aishwarya Rai, Shahrukh Khan, and Amitabh Bachchan is a blockbuster. Sridevi was offered a role in the film but she rejected it and later the makers of the film opted to discard the character in the film. The character was reportedly said to be Amitabh’s love interest in the film.
4- Darr
Sridevi was offered the leading role opposite Shah Rukh Khan in ‘Darr’ but she rejected the offer because she was repeatedly playing similar kinds of roles. The role was later played by Juhi Chawla.
5- Beta
Beta is one of the most popular films and legendary actress Sridevi was offered a role in that movie but she rejected it because she felt that she was already doing several films with Anil Kapoor. Later the role was given to Madhuri Dixit. Madhuri even won a Filmfare award in the Best Actress category for her performance in the film.
6- Ajooba
The makers of Ajooba wanted to pair Sridevi opposite Amitabh Bachchan in the movie. But the maker’s budget was struggling to bring both the superstars together and Sridevi was rejecting a lot of roles opposite Amitabh for not getting an equal amount of screen presence. The role was later played by Dimple Kapadia.