not kajol; aishwarya rai bachchan was first choice for this blockbuster karan johar movie

the gorgeous aishwarya rai bachchan is celebrating her 50th birthday today

did you know aishwarya was initially the first choice for 'kabhi khushi kabhie gham'?

kjo had wanted to cast aishwarya for anjali's role

kjo had revealed that he'd thought kajol wouldn't do the film as she was married and might be wanted to focus on her family

"But I don’t know what changed, Kajol actually wanted to do the film. So, I did not go to meet Aishwarya." - he had stated

aishwarya had also opened up on this matter in one of her throwback interviews

"He (Karan) did come to me with K3G also bu t 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."

aishwarya & KJo have worked together in 'ae dil hai mushkil'