There was a time when Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai’s on-screen chemistry kept their fans hooked. The two have collaborated on hit films including Mohabbatein, Devdas and Josh. However, there came a time in their professional lives when an obstacle, due to personal complications, led Shah Rukh Khan to exclude Aishwarya Rai from not one but five films as a lead actress.

Aishwarya Rai admitted this in an interview with Simi Garewal where the actress claimed that Shah Rukh Khan removed her from being the lead actress in almost five films, including Veer Zaara and Chalte Chalte. Asked why, Aishwarya Rai said, “How do I know the answer to this question? Yes, back then there were talks of a few films that we were going to work on together. And then all of a sudden , they were no longer it happened, without any explanation, I never had the answer to the question of why.

When Simi Garewal asked Aishwarya Rai about her feelings regarding her replacement, she replied: “You see, at that moment, when you have no explanation, you are obviously completely baffled, confused and hurt. You wonder. questions about this.”

Aishwarya Rai, however, admitted that she never asked Shah Rukh Khan about the reason behind it. “It’s not in my nature to do it. If a person feels the need to explain it, they will. If they never have, they never intended to. So, it’s not in my nature to wonder what and why probably in myself, but I wouldn’t go to a person and ask them why, by the grace of God, I’m not defined by l. ‘other,’ she said.

Simi Garewal also mentioned to Aishwarya Rai that Shah Rukh Khan had expressed regret about getting involved in her personal life, to which she replied, “I don’t have an answer to that question. It wasn’t my decision not to make the films.”

In an interview with India Today in 2003, Shah Rukh Khan said, “Starting a project with someone and then changing her through no fault of hers is very difficult. It’s very sad because Ash is a good friend. Personally, I think I did. fake. But as a producer it made sense, I apologized to Ash.

Aishwarya Rai and Shah Rukh Khan were last seen in the 2016 film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. In the Karan Johar-directed film, Shah Rukh Khan made a cameo appearance as Aishwarya Rai’s ex-husband.

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