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When Aishwarya Rai declined to star opposite Aamir Khan in one of the biggest hits of his career, director says "She had to go to..."

The director once told Bollywood Hungama, 'She was also my first choice for the role of Memsaab in Raja Hindustani (1996). My heart was on her.' read more Aishwarya Rai and Aamir Khan have shared the screen only in one film Mela back in 2000. They were supposed to do the 2005 period drama Mangal Pandey and the 1996 blockbuster Raja Hindustani too. And the director of this film Dharmesh Darshan spoke about why Rai could not come on board. The director once told Bollywood Hungama, 'She was also my first choice for the role of Memsaab in Raja Hindustani (1996). My heart was on her. But she urgently had to go for Miss World. I didn't want to take any chances, as I wanted an actress who could devote her full time to the film and Bollywood. It was her sheer grace that she didn't hold it in her heart.' STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Mansoor Khan on casting Shah Rukh Khan and not Aamir Khan in Josh I was intending to cast Aamir as the romantic lead opposite Aishwarya. But when I narrated the script to Aamir, he thought he was playing Max. Then I went to Shah Rukh; he was really excited about Max. I narrated it to him; he suggested a lot of things for Max's character. While rumours of Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan's divorce have been grabbing the headlines for quite some time, the speculations garnered limelight after none of the Bachchan family members wished Ash on her birthday, which was on 1st November. Amid this, an old interview has surfaced online where she spoke about overcoming challenges with Abhishek Bachchan . 'There's a lot of adjustment, a lot of give and take. There will be agreements and disagreements. But it's important to keep the communication going. That's something I've always believed in," Rai told Filmfare.