Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam producers were not happy with Sanjay Leela Bhansali casting Aishwarya Rai Bachchan opposite Salman Khan?

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam producers were not happy with Sanjay Leela Bhansali for casting Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Nandini opposite Salman Khan.

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam is one of the most loved movies. The film has been appreciated and is one of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's best movies. It is one of the iconic movies and is still the favourite of many. The film starred Salman Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Ajay Devgn in lead roles. The chemistry between Aishwarya Rai and Salman won hearts. They became the most talked about jodi of B-town. Ajay Devgn also did a fabulous job in the film. People praised Sanjay Leela Bhansali for a great choice of actors. However, not many know that Aishwarya Rai was not the first choice to play Nandini in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.

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Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam producers were not happy with Aishwarya Rai as Nandini?

Yes, it was Kareena Kapoor Khan who was first chosen for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. But Kareena had rejected the film as she wanted to focus on her studies. After that, Aishwarya was chosen for this role. Sanjay Leela Bhansali chose Aishwarya and the producers of the film were not sure of the casting. Aishwarya Rai Bahchan was the former Miss World that time but her being in the film was not liked by many.

The producers were doubtful that Aishwarya might ever come across as Nandini. She had a very western image ever since she had won the Miss World crown but Nandini was a very desi girl character. But Sanjay Leela Bhansali came up with a solution to this.

He came up with a marvel of an idea going down in the history of films. He decided to tie her hair in a plait and give her a traditional look. Her look was decided there itself. There is also a story that Aishwarya was supposed to make her debut with Aamir Khan in Raja Hindustani but that did not happen.

Here's a video of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan from Cannes 2024

But during the screening of that film, we met Sanjay Leela Bhansali and expressed her wish to work with him. Later, she released her film Khamoshi: The Musical and Sanjay Leela Bhansali saw Nandini in her eyes. Well, that is how we got our Nandini.