Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit
New Delhi:
You must remember the movie ‘Pardesh’ released in 1997. Actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Mahima Chaudhary, Apoorva Agnihotri, Amrish Puri, Alok Nath have done a great job in the film. But did you know that Mahima Chaudhary and Apoorva Agnihotri were not the director’s first choice for this film. Rather, two superstars Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit were going to enter in this film. But finally something happened that the film director Subhash Ghai replaced these superstars and gave a chance to new actors. Let us tell you that Mahima Chaudhary also received the Best Debut Actress award for this film. So today let us tell you about the story when Madhuri and Salman were selected for the film but in the end the director changed his decision.
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Why Salman-Madhuri could not be a part of ‘Pardesh’
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During an interview, Bollywood director Subhash Ghai told the background story of the film Pardes and said that after the flop of his film Trimurti, he was under a lot of pressure to make the film Pardes good. People also believed that if the film had a big star cast, the film could earn well, but Subhash Ghai did not want the story of the film Pardes to be buried in the glare of a big star cast, so he cast. In this film, Apoorva was chosen instead of Salman Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Mahima Chaudhary instead of Madhuri Dixit. When Mahima’s first look came out, people started comparing her with Madhuri.
‘Pardesh’ is very close to Subhash Ghai’s heart.
Let us tell you that the film Pardesh was Subhash Ghai’s first film which was shot abroad. Apart from Mahima Chaudhary, Apoorva Agnihotri also made her debut in this film. The songs of the film Pardes were such a superhit that after its release, the film’s director Subhash Ghai gifted two cars to music directors Nadeem and Shravan. Subhash Ghai had said that he was going to do Shikhar with Shahrukh Khan, but news of Trimurti’s flop was everywhere, after which he started working abroad instead of Shikhar.