Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who is celebrating her 50th birthday today, shares a close bond with Karan Johar.
The duo worked together in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. However, did you know Aishwarya was KJo’s first choice for his yet another blockbuster movie?
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Was Karan Johar’s First Choice For…
According to reports, not Kajol, KJo had initially wanted to cast Aishwarya Rai Bachchan for Anjali‘s role in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.
During a throwback chat with Komal Nahta, Karan Johar had revealed that he’d thought Kajol wouldn’t want to do the film as she was married to Ajay Devgn and might be wanted to focus on her family.
“When I was casting for Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, I got to know that Kajol won’t be able to do the film because she was married and maybe she wanted to start a family. I thought I will approach Aishwarya. On that particular day, at 3 p.m. I reached Kajol’s studio and I thought she will say no, we will shed some tears and I will leave. I, of course, felt bad because Kajol had already worked with me.”
– he had stated
However, fate had some different plans and Kajol ended up doing the role and delivered one of her iconic characters.
“But I don’t know what changed, Kajol actually wanted to do the film. So, I did not go to meet Aishwarya. But Aishwarya was my choice and after that, the series of ‘missing’ started.”
– KJo concluded
Aishwarya had also opened up about this in one of her earlier interviews. Talking about it, she had said –
“He (Karan Johar) did come to me with K3G also but then, his script went in for a change. So the character did change. I know that for sure because I know what was narrated to me and what I saw on screen eventually was different. Of course, Kajol was fabulous. But that also went and I could not do it.”