New Delhi. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan started her acting career in the year 1997 with the Tamil film ‘Iruvar’. In the same year, he entered Bollywood with ‘Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya’. Just a year before this, Aishwarya could have entered Bollywood, but she flatly refused to do the film. After Aishwarya Rai’s rejection, the film makers gave a chance to Karisma Kapoor and this film gave a new identity to a daughter of the Kapoor family.
Aishwarya Rai is an example of beauty. Even today many people believe that they got a place in the industry after participating in Miss India. But this is not the whole truth. The actress had offers for not one or two but four films. One of them was ‘Raja Hindustani’.
Why was the film rejected
Talked about this lost opportunity in an interview with Vogue. He had said, ‘I am often cited as the person who established the path from beauty pageants to films, but it was not so with me. I had offers for at least four films. In fact, I decided to participate in Miss India to take a step back from the film industry for some time. If I had not participated in Miss India, ‘Raja Hindustani’ (1996) would have been my first film.
This film was the highest grossing film of 1996.
Small budget film made bumper earnings
It was the year 1996 when Karisma Kapoor and Aamir Khan’s film ‘Raja Hindustani’ looted the box office. According to reports, this film made for Rs 5.75 crores had created a stir by collecting around Rs 76.34 crores. This all-time blockbuster film had made Karishma one of the top actresses. However, before this he had films like ‘Prem Qaidi’, ‘Anari’, ‘Raja Babu’, ‘Coolie No. 1’, ‘Saajan Chale Sasural’ and ‘Jeet’, but he got a different identity from ‘Raja Hindustani’. .
Got a different identity from ‘Raja Hindustani’
Before this film, all the films Karishma did were not taken very seriously. It was told in some reports that in the beginning of her career, a lot of fun was made about Karishma’s looks. People used to call her Lady Randhir Kapoor but when ‘Raja Hindustani’ came, Karisma’s image completely changed. He got this film after Aishwarya Rai rejected it. She received the Best Actress Award for this film and after this she got offers for many films. According to the report of Box Office India, Karisma Kapoor is the third Bollywood actress who has the most hit films to her name.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: November 6, 2024, 16:14 IST