SRK doesn't want to be linked with friend Baba Siddique - Page 15

Originally posted by: Kyahikahoon

So everyone has to respect boundaries and not overstep the line except that one person who has verbal diarrhoea most of the times..be it while praising someone, cracking jokes, mocking someone or deriding someone

If you can't see the difference between silly jokes that go nowhere and have no meaning to someone demanding to be part of their friend's professional decisions, then it's not worth debating.

And anyway, just like he can make jokes and have people dislike them, Juhi can make demands which may go unfulfilled. She doesn't have any rights over what he does in his own company with his CEO.

Sorry but he's not here to constantly serve other people - Aishu mata, Baba Siddique, a teacher from 50 years ago, Farida Jalal, Adesh Shrivasta's wife and son, etc. Are you kidding me?

Originally posted by: hotchoco

Juhi has no place in SRK's professional life and what he does in his company with his CEO. Everyone has to maintain their boundaries regardless of Juhi considering herself more important than that. Just because they're friends doesn't mean she gets to overstep those lines. I get that she was overemotional over her brother but that doesn't mean she can demand to be a part of things she has nothing to do with. She eventually had to get over it and understand that. Friendships also have their own boundaries and both people have to be comfortable so that you're not stepping on each other's toes constantly.

Even on his recent podcast in Locarno, SRK said he hardly has any friends - and that it's his family members who are actually his friends and that's how he wants it. His world revolves only around his family so anyone else making demands from him are not going to get much. He is polite and tries to be nice to everyone but it's not his responsibility to take care of anyone else.

Red Chillies is the successor of the company that SRK and Juhi started. Juhi's brother had a position in it. Of course she's part of the equation. This isn't some stranger but his most frequent leading lady and a dear friend of his. Yes, SRK says he's very private but out of all his leading ladies, Juhi was always the one he had the closest relationship to. Like family. Their families have vacationed together. She's not overstepping any boundaries when her own family is connected to SRK's company and involved. All it takes is a simple phone call or meeting to explain to her what's necessary. Why wouldn't she get offended if she finds out SRK made this decision without ever consulting her or even letting her know. This is a basic civility. Being introverted is not an excuse for a lack of basic human respect. This is the same lesson Rani learned the hard way when she didn't bother making a single phone call to Aish over Chalte Chalte.

People cannot defend SRK on this decision and then claim that he was betrayed by all his close friends in his circle as nobody stood up for him during Aryan's case. You can't claim one way that SRK has very few friends and is entitled to not have friends and then get upset that SRK's friends didn't stand up for him. I thought you just said he doesn't value friends at all and only his family is his friends. Then it's no wonder he didn't get widespread and immediate support since according to you, he has no friends. And I don't think that's true either because the entire industry more or less took SRK's side. Salman went immediately over to visit SRK and Juhi was the one who paid the bail. Juhi could do this for SRK's son but SRK couldn't do one thing for Juhi's brother? Why is this relationship not reciprocated if Juhi is giving more than SRK is giving?

And I think Farida Jalal is justified in what she's saying. She never claimed she's attacking SRK, she said she's lost touch with him. The Internet perceived this as an attack on him and she clarified she wasn't making an accusation.

Actually Himani Shivpuri did accuse KJo of abandoning her after K3G. That she told him she'd like a meatier role for future films and he cut her out of KHNH despite being told by Nikhil Advani that she would be cast in KHNH. So if you want to bring up a veteran actress' accusations, you should look into this instead because KJo is guilty of yet another offense. Farida Jalal also said that KJo stopped casting her after she refused to play Jaya Bachchan's mother-in-law in KHNH.

Originally posted by: RaniPreityAish

Red Chillies is the successor of the company that SRK and Juhi started. Juhi's brother had a position in it. Of course she's part of the equation. This isn't some stranger but his most frequent leading lady and a dear friend of his. Yes, SRK says he's very private but out of all his leading ladies, Juhi was always the one he had the closest relationship to. Like family. Their families have vacationed together. She's not overstepping any boundaries when her own family is connected to SRK's company and involved. All it takes is a simple phone call or meeting to explain to her what's necessary. Why wouldn't she get offended if she finds out SRK made this decision without ever consulting her or even letting her know. This is a basic civility. Being introverted is not an excuse for a lack of basic human respect. This is the same lesson Rani learned the hard way when she didn't bother making a single phone call to Aish over Chalte Chalte.

People cannot defend SRK on this decision and then claim that he was betrayed by all his close friends in his circle as nobody stood up for him during Aryan's case. You can't claim one way that SRK has very few friends and is entitled to not have friends and then get upset that SRK's friends didn't stand up for him. I thought you just said he doesn't value friends at all and only his family is his friends. Then it's no wonder he didn't get widespread and immediate support since according to you, he has no friends. And I don't think that's true either because the entire industry more or less took SRK's side. Salman went immediately over to visit SRK and Juhi was the one who paid the bail. Juhi could do this for SRK's son but SRK couldn't do one thing for Juhi's brother? Why is this relationship not reciprocated if Juhi is giving more than SRK is giving?

And I think Farida Jalal is justified in what she's saying. She never claimed she's attacking SRK, she said she's lost touch with him. The Internet perceived this as an attack on him and she clarified she wasn't making an accusation.

Actually Himani Shivpuri did accuse KJo of abandoning her after K3G. That she told him she'd like a meatier role for future films and he cut her out of KHNH despite being told by Nikhil Advani that she would be cast in KHNH. So if you want to bring up a veteran actress' accusations, you should look into this instead because KJo is guilty of yet another offense. Farida Jalal also said that KJo stopped casting her after she refused to play Jaya Bachchan's mother-in-law in KHNH.

What are you even talking about? SRK and Juhi started Dreamz Unlimited, which was a disaster and had to be shut down. Red Chillies is a new company only owned by SRK and Gauri. Juhi has no place and no say in anything that happens there. Just because you are friends doesn't mean you get to meddle in stuff that has nothing to do with you.

SRK has said a million times that he hardly has any friends. None of his fans care who "supported" him in the Aryan case or not. Nor do they play the victim constantly and keep demanding things from other actors. If Salman visited, it was a courtesy, the same courtesy SRK had already done for him as well when he had big court case decisions coming up. You can find the pics yourself of him going to Galaxy to see Salman at those times.

Nobody owed Aish anything - neither Rani or SRK or anyone else. People are in the industry to work, not to put treat others like babies who constantly need to be served and protected at their own expense. This is not how the real world operates.

Frankly, Aish's arrogance and refusal to compromise and let things go affected Abhishek negatively too considering he stopped getting movies from YRF. Sorry to break it to you but Rani and YRF are now the power players and the rest better adjust to it. The real world is not a fairy tale where your favorites are constantly coddled and put on a pedestal and taken care of as if they're children. Crying daily about how she's such a forever victim of everyone from SRK to Rani to Vivek to Shweta will not change a thing. Even a politician's death was turned into a sob story about Aishu mata.

Originally posted by: hotchoco

What are you even talking about? SRK and Juhi started Dreamz Unlimited, which was a disaster and had to be shut down. Red Chillies is a new company only owned by SRK and Gauri. Juhi has no place and no say in anything that happens there. Just because you are friends doesn't mean you get to meddle in stuff that has nothing to do with you.

SRK has said a million times that he hardly has any friends. None of his fans care who "supported" him in the Aryan case or not. Nor do they play the victim constantly and keep demanding things from other actors. If Salman visited, it was a courtesy, the same courtesy SRK had already done for him as well when he had big court case decisions coming up. You can find the pics yourself of him going to Galaxy to see Salman at those times.

Nobody owed Aish anything - neither Rani or SRK or anyone else. People are in the industry to work, not to put treat others like babies who constantly need to be served and protected at their own expense. This is not how the real world operates.

Frankly, Aish's arrogance and refusal to compromise and let things go affected Abhishek negatively too considering he stopped getting movies from YRF. Sorry to break it to you but Rani and YRF are now the power players and the rest better adjust to it. The real world is not a fairy tale where your favorites are constantly coddled and put on a pedestal and taken care of as if they're children. Crying daily about how she's such a forever victim of everyone from SRK to Rani to Vivek to Shweta will not change a thing. Even a politician's death was turned into a sob story about Aishu mata.

There would be no Red Chillies without Dreamz Unlimited. It was the precursor company to Red Chillies. Hence why Juhi's brother was involved in Red Chillies until his untimely death. Juhi and her family have always been connected to SRK's business ventures. Their families vacation together. If Juhi's brother is being removed from a position, all it takes is one phone call from SRK to Juhi to explain the situation. She has seen his struggles during Dreamz Unlimited and the failure of Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani. She knows what he's up against so why not give her a courtesy call. To find out that your dying brother in a coma was replaced, not from your most frequent leading man and close friend/former business partner, but through news media or someone else would be such a betrayal. There is literally no excuse for this. But I suppose I shouldn't expect SRK to understand this after what he did to Aish in Chalte Chalte as he set that chain of events in motion.

I give you this hypothetical. Let's say SRK casts Ranveer in a film with him. Then he decides he has to replace Ranveer because of scheduling conflicts. Do you think Deepika is not owed a call explaining what's happened? Should Deepika find out this news from the media? This is a common courtesy but it seems half of Bollywood hasn't learned this lesson based on Rani's treatment of Aishwarya. Maybe only outsiders understand this because Juhi, Preity, and Aishwarya all know this but SRK seems to have forgotten his origin as he prefers to ally himself with the likes of nepokids like Kjo and Ayan and prostitute his classic films off to a third-rate box office disaster.

As a matter of fact, we fans do care who was honest and sincere with SRK and supported him. We know his true friends. What we did not realize is that SRK apparently does not consider anyone a real friend and even those sincere to him should not expect sincerity back. And some fans of his applaud this behavior and justify it, even while Juhi's brother is on his deathbed. Then rather than thank her for overlooking this and saving SRK's son, a privilege she was chosen for out of all of SRK's "friends" (which you say he doesn't have), even this is flat out ignored. Should he have chosen criminal Salman Khan and his underworld mafia to do this instead? And now even Salman's support of SRK is being downplayed as just a basic reciprocated action and not out of real love and support that these two have for each other. The reason SRK fans love him is for his empathy and how he wears his heart on his sleeve so it's astounding to see you go out of your way to claim that even this relationship is meaningless and in fact they all are. I hesitate to ask what makes you a SRK fan then if your view of him seems so depressing and misanthropic.

If your best friend is fired from a film and you're asked to replace her, the common courtesy is to call up your best friend and let them know what's happening. If she says no, don't take the role, then you can consider if you'll listen to her or favor your career but at least let her know in the first place. Preity knew to do this and she wasn't even close to Aish back then. Their friendship blossomed as a result of this one simple action. Aish and Rani were described as closer than sisters so why didn't Rani consider this action even once? Why did Rani admit that KJo hiring Preity for KHNH and not hearing it directly from him but from the media upset her so much that she cried for days? Why was Rani affected by something that literally had nothing to do with her, but then failed to see how Aish would actually be affected by something that had everything to do with her? If Rani crying for days about KJo not telling her he's casting Preity in KHNH is valid according to you, then why is Juhi not hearing from SRK directly not the same?

You have it all wrong and are blaming Aish for some reason. Aish is not responsible for the breakdown of the Chopras and Bachchans' relationship. Abhishek was miffed that Dhoom 3 sidelined him. He was then not asked back for Bunty aur Babli 2. None of that had anything to do with Aish because then he wouldn't have been asked back for Dhoom 3 in the first place. He also had problems with Dhoom 2 sidelining him (although not as badly as in Dhoom 3) and that was before his marriage to Aish and before Rani had any creative control over YRF. Rani was not invited to the Aish/Abhishek wedding not only because of Aish, but because she was disliked by Amitabh and Jaya. I've said many times before that Jaya and Rani's feud on Laaga Chunari Mein Daag was infamous as they constantly took swipes at each other. Jaya did not like Rani from day one, particularly not the fact that Rani was constantly trying to break up marriages (Aamir, Govinda, Aditya Chopra). Amitabh started disliking Rani after he told her he wasn't comfortable kissing her in Black if she was dating his son. He told her it would be best she leave the movie and she was so brazen to tell this living legend and her senior in age and in the industry that she's staying, he can go. If Rani is sabotaging the Dhoom franchise as she already did with her horrible Bunty aur Babli sequel because of her issues with the Bachchans, that is all on her. But it has nothing to do with Aish. Rani was never getting invited to the wedding. She knew Aish would never invite her but she had high hopes the Bachchans would and that was the real betrayal for her that they turned their backs on her, failing to see her own complicity in turning them away.

As you said, people have adjusted to Rani's position in the world. It's the reason why Kajol is so chummy now with Rani when she didn't even give her the time of day before marriage. But you can tell Kajol recognizes Rani for what she is, because there's a reason that when Rani won a Woman of Substance award a few years back, Kajol and Ajay both walked out of an event. Neither one had the stomach for it. Rani is not liked, she is just tolerated. There is a difference between feigned respect and genuine respect.

Originally posted by: hotchoco

If you can't see the difference between silly jokes that go nowhere and have no meaning to someone demanding to be part of their friend's professional decisions, then it's not worth debating.

And anyway, just like he can make jokes and have people dislike them, Juhi can make demands which may go unfulfilled. She doesn't have any rights over what he does in his own company with his CEO.

Sorry but he's not here to constantly serve other people - Aishu mata, Baba Siddique, a teacher from 50 years ago, Farida Jalal, Adesh Shrivasta's wife and son, etc. Are you kidding me?

Yes SRK wasnt wrong in Juhi’s case. His professional decision was justified. Juhi was in a vulnerable state then and her being upset was also justified. But then she saw reason and holds no grudges. No one does. Bcoz no one can be there for everyone all the time. Even if he is a demigod for fans he isnt n Omnipresent God in real life. People understand. And he and his fans also need to understand why people built those expectations from him which eventually led to disappointment. Its simple to understand but then..whatever.

Regarding Aish he was wrong. His decision was more personal than professional. Instead of looking after the safety of their leading lady they removed her from the movie. They could’ve ensured security on the sets so that Salman couldn’t create a ruckus again. They could’ve waited…being a friend could’ve talked to Salman..instead the makers chucked out the leading lady. Just bcoz they didnt want Tamasha on the sets they punished the one who was bullied..not the bully. That wasn’t professional.

Once n unprofessional Rajkumar Santoshi told Meenakshi to step down from Damini while he was the one who couldn’t keep a check on his emotions. Many heroines including Madhuri refused the role saying it belonged to Meenakshi..one of her iconic roles. That is true professionalism.

Originally posted by: Kyahikahoon

Regarding Aish he was wrong. His decision was more personal than professional. Instead of looking after the safety of their leading lady they removed her from the movie. They could’ve ensured security on the sets so that Salman couldn’t create a ruckus again. They could’ve waited…being a friend could’ve talked to Salman..instead the makers chucked out the leading lady. Just bcoz they didnt want Tamasha on the sets they punished the one who was bullied..not the bully. That wasn’t professional.

Once n unprofessional Rajkumar Santoshi told Meenakshi to step down from Damini while he was the one who couldn’t keep a check on his emotions. Many heroines including Madhuri refused the role saying it belonged to Meenakshi..one of her iconic roles. That is true professionalism.

Exactly. The only one who was punished from the Chalte Chalte incident was Aish. Not Salman. The victim was shamed and treated like the culprit, hence people on here stating that Aish was at fault for breaking up a bond between two men as close as brothers. Yet then it's stated that these two men really aren't close at all because SRK has no friends and takes pride in this. That SRK and Salman visiting each other during times of crisis means absolutely nothing so why are these defenders not consistent? SRK/Salman have a bond of brothers when it's convenient to demonize Aish but otherwise they're not really that close? Their friendship should only be highlighted to trash Aishwarya because being a woman, obviously that means she's the root cause of every issue?

Yes, Madhuri is very professional and displayed a great deal of integrity in not taking what could have been an iconic part. I'm glad Meenakshi was supported in the industry because Damini was her classic role. I also don't think it's a coincidence that Madhuri is also an outsider. Another one who understands the importance of valuing human kindness and compassion over unbridled ambition. Thank goodness Rani was not an actress then because we all know she would have snatched Damini in a heartbeat. This is the same woman who befriended Payal Chopra so she could break up her marriage as well. Stealing husbands, stealing films, none of it means a thing to her as long as she can take it for herself and appease her own gluttony.

SRK was 100% right in Aishwarya's case. It was RCE's first movie, and she kept them waiting for months. Despite that, she couldn't end things with her boyfriend yet SRK the third person is expected to take action.

It was Aishwarya who chose Salman and took the movie for granted. Talking about security Salman wasn't just anyone he was her boyfriend, whom Aishwarya allowed on set. SRK made the right decision by cutting ties with both of them. And not working with her again. We got to see better actors Preity n Rani ruling the screen

Originally posted by: elim

SRK was 100% right in Aishwarya's case. It was RCE's first movie, and she kept them waiting for months. Despite that, she couldn't end things with her boyfriend yet SRK the third person is expected to take action.

It was Aishwarya who chose Salman and took the movie for granted. Talking about security Salman wasn't just anyone he was her boyfriend, whom Aishwarya allowed on set. SRK made the right decision by cutting ties with both of them. And not working with her again. We got to see better actors Preity ruling the screen

It was not RCE. It was still Dreamz Unlimited. SRK did not take care of his actress. When he considered casting Amisha Patel, he only reached out to her manager. Her manager refused the role without consulting her. Amisha had no idea she was even asked to do the film until she was shooting for Humraaz and met SRK. SRK told her he wanted her to see the film she had rejected and Amisha had no idea what he was talking about. Had he really wanted to cast her, he should have reached out to her directly but now it's become clear that SRK has a problem with reaching out to actresses directly, whether it's Amisha or Juhi. Amisha lost a role that could have continued her once-brilliant career in Bollywood and kept up her winning streak. SRK's failure to take care of his actresses resulted in another actress being sacrificed. Now Amisha says her dream is still to work with SRK (he's the only Khan she hasn't worked with), so why has SRK not made it up to her by casting her in a new film? He owes her a role as lead actress.

I didn't think SRK fans were capable of misogyny besides the fake SRK fan who is really a Ranbir fan here. But your post is riddled with hatred towards women. Aishwarya was an abused woman. Get that straight, she was abused by her boyfriend. She did not invite Salman onto the set for a lark, because she got thrills out of watching Salman bash people up and break things. Salman would track her down and make a scene. On the sets of her movies with SRK, Salman would come and Aish would ask SRK to tell Salman she wasn't there.

Yes, most abused women (and men) chose their partners over and over, no matter how badly they are treated. I've worked in legal offices and 9/10 women who press charges against an abusive boyfriend/husband will drop those charges a few days later. It's tragic but that's the reality. Aish was not in any shape or form to drop Salman then. SRK took it personally when she went off with Salman (for the good of the film and the crew as any sane person would realize Salman would not be deescalated until he was taken away from that set and he was never leaving until Aish left with him) and fired her.

What makes you think Aish is the one who let Salman on set? Do you think she has the power to override SRK and Bhansali both on Devdas, when Salman would come and make scenes? Do you think on Chalte Chalte if SRK really wanted Salman kept away, he couldn't do that himself by hiring security or speaking to Salman's family since SRK fans allege he is so close to them (except when they say he isn't close to them at all since the narrative changes on whatever is most convenient)? Somehow Aish has all this power that she can override all these people and call Salman directly to come. The same power she apparently has to make Salman jealous by replacing him with SRK in Devdas, as has been alleged on here.

Also SRK was desperate to work with Aish again after her marriage. He asked her for Happy New Year, which she refused for the sake of her husband. He asked her for Jawan which she refused because she was insulted by the length of the part. Bhansali and KJo were giving SRK and Aish scripts after ADHM but sources say Aish was not pleased with the roles she was being given and refused. She is not desperate to work with him.

Please consider how slanted your language is against women. It does not become you as a SRK fan.

To explain to you further about how abuse victims act, think of Kangana with Adhyayan Suman. He was her boyfriend and made allegations that she was violent and abusive towards him but nobody believed him or took him seriously because she was a woman. Abuse victims, male or female, always act the same. Everytime Kangana would abuse him, Adhyayan would break down and his mother would go to Kangana and beg her to take him back because she knew without Kangana, he would likely self-harm himself. This is how abuse works that the person thinks being without their abuser is worse than the actual abuse. Please think about that before you cast further aspersions on Aishwarya. There is also a reason that Kangana says that she connects to Salman the most. They both are the same.

Originally posted by: elim

And how dare SRK reject movies with the Queen? Does he think he has his own choices?

What you need to understand is that it wasn't SRK rejecting movies with Aish. He was rejecting her for the roles she was already promised and signed onto. If he was such a gentleman, he should have agreed to walk out of those films himself and let Aish keep them but instead, he kept the movies and fired her from all of them. Even when Yash Chopra was adamant on keeping Aishwarya in Veer-Zaara in some shape and form, SRK refused and got his way.

So what you're saying is incorrect. He didn't reject those movies. I would have had more respect for him if he rejected them and let Aish stay. He bullied Yash Chopra and Karan Johar both into not hiring Aish when both desperately wanted her.

KJo has confirmed that 5 films he wanted to cast Aish in but never got the chance before ADHM. We know the stories about KKHH, K3G, and Dostana. SRK was not involved in her not taking those roles. But KHNH and KANK are the two films left and it was SRK who would not let KJo give those roles to Aish like he wanted. So stunned by Aish's starpower and charisma was KJo, that after finally getting to work with her on ADHM, he realized this supporting role did not do her justice. She deserved her own full-fledged film and he told her that he wanted to work with her in a film with a lead part for her.

I can't write same things again n again . Aishwarya was replaceable SRK wasn't. Producers wanted to cast her only bcz of SRK .

Chalte Chalte, VZ, Munnabhai, Paheli was offered to Aish . Half of them r SRK's own production. How can he reject his own movies Munnabhai he rejected. VZ , Yash Ji dint let him. Yash ji only worked with SRK.

Also Kjo's first priority has always been Kajol . Aishwarya was never offered KKHH, K3G etc etc stop writing ur own stories.

And SRK reaching out to managers ? That's what professionals do.

Originally posted by: elim

I can't write same things again n again . Aishwarya was replaceable SRK wasn't. Producers wanted to cast her only bcz of SRK .

Chalte Chalte, VZ, Munnabhai, Paheli was offered to Aish . Half of them r SRK's own production. How can he reject his own movies Munnabhai he rejected. VZ , Yash Ji dint let him. Yash ji only worked with SRK.

Also Kjo's first priority has always been Kajol . Aishwarya was never offered KKHH, K3G etc etc stop writing ur own stories.

And SRK reaching out to managers ? That's what professionals do.

If producers only wanted to cast Aish because of SRK, then why were Kajol and Aish first choice for Gadar, a film that most certainly lacked SRK? Clearly Aish had some worth of her own, not dependent on a man. Very interesting that you think Aish has no value unless a man is connected to her name.

https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/anil-sharma-says-he-wanted-to-cast-aishwarya-rai-in-gadar-i-had-to-choose-2442239-2023-09-29

Munnabhai was offered to both SRK and Aish during Devdas promotions. Both ended up turning down the movie separately.

Yash Chopra wanted Aish for VZ. It's well known. This is the role Preity asked Aish for her blessing, and Aish happily gave it. They have been best friends ever since and Preity was one of the few BW celebs invited to Aish's wedding. Yashji wanted Aish in the film so much that he thought if SRK objected to Aish playing Zaara, then he wouldn't have a problem with Aish playing Samiya as it was a platonic part. But SRK refused to let Yashji cast Aish even then, so Rani got the part (she did not ask Aish for her blessing).

Please read Karan Johar's own words. He confirms that he wanted Aish for K3G but felt dutybound to ask Kajol first. He didn't think Kajol would accept because of her new marriage, and was shocked that she did.

https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/karan-johar-aishwarya-rai-kabhi-khushi-kabhie-gham-kajol-8641174/

He continued, “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.”

Aishwarya had opened up about the same in an interview with DNA. She 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.”

Now read KJo's own words again.

Karan Johar has made Ae Dil Hai Mushkil just for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Karan Johar said, "I went to Aishwarya with my every script so I can cast her but she always rejected my films sometimes for personal reasons and sometimes for professional reasons. But this time I didn't have any option besides casting Aishwarya Rai Bachchan." According to Karan if Anushka Sharma has rejected the film then he could have done the film but had no other option for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/karan-johar-would-not-have-made-ae-dil-hai-mushkil-without-aishwarya-rai-bachchan-4776889/

Talking about working with her in ADHM, Karan said, “I wanted to work with her since 1997. I narrated the script of ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hota Hai’ but due to some reason things didn’t work out back then.” Adding, “Hence, after almost a decade, when ‘Ae Dil..’ was being planned, I was pretty sure, Aishwarya would make for an indispensable fit for this role. If she would have declined this role then I would have never gone ahead with it.”

I never said Aish was offered the Anjali role in KKHH. She was offered the Tina role which a dozen or so actresses turned down including Urmila. Twinkle was who the role was written for but she refused it.

Going back to Amisha, consider the fact that if SRK had made one personal call, it could have changed the entire trajectory of Amisha's career. She could have continued her reign as leading lady of Bollywood but because SRK refused to make the gesture of a single phone call, that chance was robbed for Amisha. The same way he refused to make that gesture for Juhi. For Juhi, it cost her her brother's dignity and for Amisha, it cost her her career.