One of the most famous filmmakers Mansoor Khan, who has worked with Aamir Khan in films like Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak and Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, and has also worked with King Khan, i.e. Shah Rukh Khan in one of the best films of that time, Josh. Now years after the release of the film, he has opened up about the cast of the film. In a recent conversation, Mansoor Khan said that he was about to sign Kajol to play Shah Rukh Khan’s sister in the film Josh.
Shahrukh Khan And Kajol
During the conversation with one of the media houses, Mansoor Khan revealed a few things about casting Aishwarya Rai as Shah Rukh Khan’s sister in the film. He said that his initial choice for the role was Kajol, but she refused to play the character. After this, he cast Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Shah Rukh Khan’s sister. He doesn’t care what people think about his choice but he thinks that he just got the idea and cast her.
Shahrukh Khan And Kajol
While talking about the cast choices in the film Josh, he said, ‘My idea was that both characters are equally important… I always had Shah Rukh in mind for the role of Max. And I intended to cast Aamir in the role of Chandrachur Singh. When I narrated the story to Aamir, he assumed that he was playing Max. Then, when I told Shah Rukh, he was very excited. When I asked him, ‘Shahrukh, are you doing the film or not?’, he said I will not do this because I know you are taking Aamir in it.”
Shahrukh Khan And Kajol
Mansoor also said that the controversy did not end there, he was also going to cast Kajol in the film but failed at that too. Mansoor Khan said that when he narrated the story of the film to Kajol, she got up and started leaving. On this Mansoor asked if she would do the film, Kajol said no, she would like to play the character of Max. After this, she left. He then thought of signing beauty queen Aishwarya Rai in the film and said that Aishwarya never complained about her role or the film nor did she ask where the camera should be. Mansoor Khan believes that professionally Josh was Aishwarya Rai’s best film.