Bollywood’s household names, Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, both have starred together in several films but as a producer, SRK has had moments where he had to remove the diva from his movies.
Starting with Josh in 2000, the pair have joined hands for films like Devdas and Mohabbatein.
While trying his hands out at production in the early 2000s, Shah Rukh had taken Aishwarya out of as many as 5 films, one of them includes the infamous Veer-Zaara.
Apparently, as if removing her wasn’t enough, Shah Rukh never really gave Aishwarya a reason for her dismissal either! Shocked? So were we. However, King Khan had apologized to Aish and had explained himself later on.
Aishwarya said, “How can I have the answer to that? Yes, at the time, there was talk of a couple of films that we would be working in together. And then, suddenly they weren’t happening, without any explanation whatsoever. I have never had the answer to why.”
“See, at the time, when you have no explanation, you’re obviously completely taken aback, and confused, and hurt. You wonder about it,” Aish said remarking how she was confused and hurt by Khan’s decision.
Shah Rukh Khan in a 2003 interview confessed that he apologized to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan for the same. In a conversation with India Today, SRK said, “To start a project with someone and then change her for no fault of hers is very difficult. It is very sad as Ash is a good friend. Personally, I think I did wrong. But as a producer it made sense. I apologised to Ash.”
