Tuesday, February 11th, 2025

Aishwarya was with Aamir in ‘Raja Hindustani’ and ‘Mela’, the director told why things went wrong


Do you know that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was his/her first choice opposite Aamir Khan in the films ‘Mela’ and ‘Raja Hindustani’? The role of Karishma of Memsahab in ‘Raja Hindustani’ was first offered to Aishwarya. But the reason why she could not do this film, now director Dharmesh Darshan has revealed. Aamir Khan, Twinkle Khanna and Faizal Khan were in lead roles in ‘Mela’. 25 years have passed since the release of ‘Mela’. On this occasion, Dharmesh Darshan narrated the incident of Aishwarya Rai related to ‘Mela’ and ‘Raja Hindustani’. Dharmesh told how he/she wholeheartedly wanted Aishwarya to be a part of both his/her films.

‘Aishwarya was in my heart for the role of Memsaab’

Dharmesh Darshan told ‘Bollywood Hungama’, ‘She was also the first choice for the role of Memsaab in ‘Raja Hindustani’. My heart was on him/her. But she had to go for Miss World immediately. I did not want to take any risk because I wanted an actress who could give her full time to the film. Can work with dedication. This is the greatness of Aishwarya that she did not keep anything in her heart regarding this.

Aishwarya worked opposite Faizal Khan and not Aamir in ‘Mela’

Dharmesh Darshan further told that for this reason Aishwarya agreed to do a cameo role in ‘Mela’. However, she was not opposite Aamir but Faizal Khan. Twinkle Khanna was opposite Aamir in the film. According to Dharmesh Darshan, Aishwarya used to come to the set after driving for a few hours. After working with big stars like Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan, she used to come to shoot scenes with Faizal.

Fans were disappointed to see Aishwarya in cameo

Dharmesh Darshan told how after seeing Aishwarya’s cameo in ‘Mela’, some female fans asked him/her, ‘Sir, you gave a cameo to Aishwarya and gave such a big role to Twinkle Khanna.

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