In the 90s and 2000s, many such films were released which may not have been a hit at that time, but today they are loved a lot. From Shah Rukh Khan's Duplicate to Mujhse Dosti Karogi, Lakshya and Rudraksh, there are many films which flopped in the theatres at that time. One film in this list is also of the famous Hindi cinema director Subhash Ghai, who made many films from action to musicals.
A similar film of Subhash Ghai was released in the year 2001, which was the biggest flop of that year. Subhash Ghai, who is famous for making careers of big actresses, wanted a completely fresh face for his film. He wanted to cast Priyanka Chopra, who became Miss World in 2000, along with Hrithik Roshan in this movie, but due to some reason his wish remained unfulfilled. Kareena got the film after being rejected by many actresses. Let's know which was that film:
Subhash Ghai wanted to cast Priyanka Chopra in this film
Veteran director-producer Subhash Ghai, who started his journey of making musical films with Shah Rukh Khan and Mahima Chaudhary starrer 'Pardes' in 1997, released a film in 2001 titled 'Yaadein'. Kareena Kapoor Khan played the role of Jackie Shroff's daughter Isha Puri in this film depicting the story of a single father and his three daughters.
In Amazon Prime Video's trivia story, it has been told that Kareena Kapoor Khan was not the first choice for Subhash Ghai's film 'Yaadein'. It was told that when Priyanka Chopra became Miss World in the year 2000, Subhash Ghai wanted to cast her opposite Hrithik Roshan in his film. However, due to being bound by the contract, Priyanka Chopra refused to be a part of this film.
After Priyanka rejected the movie, the movie was also offered to these actresses
If you are thinking that after Priyanka Chopra refused to work in the film, Kareena Kapoor got the movie directly, then it is not so. When the Desi Girl refused the offer to work in this movie, Subhash Ghai knocked on the door of Hrithik Roshan's 'Kaho Naa Pyar Hai' co-star Ameesha Patel. The pairing of Hrithik Roshan and Ameesha had done wonders in their debut itself, so the director was confident that if Ameesha said yes, then things could work out.
However, at that time Amisha Patel was also not available to do this film. After getting disappointed with Amisha, when the script of the film was read to Kareena Kapoor, she agreed to work in the movie.
However, at that time Kareena's fortunes were in trouble because after her debut film 'Refugee', her second film 'Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai' also flopped at the box office. After that, her film 'Yaadein' was released in 2001, which flopped so badly at the box office that Subhash Ghai took several years to make a musical film again. People did not like the story of this film nor the music.
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