Aamir and Hrithik refused ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’

In the last 5 years, Salman Khan has taken super-stardom to a different level altogether, what with almost all his films taking a record-breaking opening at the box office. Yet, it’s ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ that will be remembered as Salman’s best and most successful film in recent times.

The script of the film was written by S.S. Rajamouli’s father K.V. Vijayendra Prasad. Surprisingly, the script was first offered to Aamir Khan, who had certain issues it and asked for a few modifications to be made.

When Aamir decided that he didn’t want to do the film, he suggested Salman’s name.

Salman had confirmed the same at a press conference to celebrate the success of ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’.

“Yes, Aamir told me that (Vijendra) Prasad had come to him and he sent him to me. So this is just Aamir sahab’s generosity,” Salman said.

“The father of ‘Baahubali’ director (S.S) Rajamouli wrote the subject of ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’. So the first question we asked him was why didn’t you ask your son to direct the film and why not there (Telugu film industry)? He said that was because there was a difference in language. He said if this film has to be made, it has to be made very authentically.” Salman said.

 

After Aamir, Prasad approached Hrithik Roshan, but he felt that the quoted price for the script (Rs 2 crore) was too high and hence decided not to go ahead with the project.

It was Salman who eventually heard the script and immediately paid him the signing amount of Rs 50 lakhs. The rest, as they say, is history. ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ is one of the biggest hits of Salman’s career along with his 1994 blockbuster ‘Hum Aapke Hain Kaun’.

Rajamouli’s father K.V. Vijayendra Prasad, who wrote the script of both ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ and ‘Baahubali’ is in tremendous demand. According to a report, he seeks his inspiration from two of Bollywood’s most successful writers, Salim-Javed. And Salim Khan also happens to be Salman Khan’s father!

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97 Comments

  • @3:49pm

    Well said. Truth is that that chameleon aNIPUNma has learnt too much treachery from kSHITij n nothing from his apprdnticeship with KrK…!

  • BB was perfect for Salman n Aamir knew this.

    Glad jadoo boy didnt do the film as roshans would have got Jadoos spaceship to help jadoo boy fly across the border thus audiences would have missed the funny Boo Ali border force scenes…! Some dumb wannabe critiK may think flying across the border in a spaceship was realistic but what does he really know about audiences tastes- zero…!

  • If Jadoo Boy n papa did BB then film wouldnt have seen the debut of the beautiful Harshaali but film would have been about Jadoo Boy rescuing/ chauffering the lost alien Jadoo stranded in Manipulationpur held captive under the Evil Thullu Waving Sarumans Apprentice Chameleon Baba kSHITij’s back to Jadoopur…!

    But they instead plan on using this idea for the next film in the jadoo series titled Jadoo 5…!

  • Why did I talk about reviews ? Simply because I have not watched this movie yet. How can I give my own opinion about the film and salman’s performance without watching it.

    Even you can check review of indicine. They said that Harshali is the star of the movie.

    I t is not that I blindly follow the critics. Let me first watch the film and then I will decide if the critics are wrong or right.

    @anand , well you mentioned about 3 movies.i.e KMG ZNMD and Agneepath. I don’t want to tell anything about Koi mil gaya that won Hrithik awards both in popular as well as critics categories over the career best performance by bhai. As for ZNMD., I never claim it to be the best performance of Hrithik. But he did a good job in the film . He justified the transformation of Arjun from a workaholic money-loving guy to a cool and fun loving guy.

  • @jc : I haven’t seen a critics criticising Hrithik’s act in Agneepath. Indicine had mentioned in their review that Hrithik didn’t copy Big B and delivered a powerful performance in his own style. Anupama chopra had said that Hrithik’s performance was one of the best parts of the movie. Masand told Hrithik delivered a praise-worthy performance by his own and his performance was different from the performance of Big b. Yes, some people found sanjaya better. But those are their opinions. Malhotra told in a interview that he wanted the villains to look more furious on the screen. So he worked on the appearance of kancha.

    Kancha and Vijay both were impressive in their places. Sanjaya was furious and scary. Hrithik was a combo of anger with innocence in the movie.

  • Breaking News

    Guys heres the real reason why our resident agony aunt aNIPUNma has not been able to watch BB (bajrangi bhaijaan n not Bong Bong).

    Daddy Nipun has been quoted as saying that they recently had to switch their 9 yr old baby aNIPUNmas diaper supplier from Pampers to a local bhojpori supplier called Bhojpors Value Toy Nappies in order to save a small fortune. Daddy Nipun says that due to this change his baby aNIPUNma has taken alittle longer time in getting acquainted to his new diapers but once he gets comfortable he will be back in business to start reviewing films BADLY once again.

  • @sss : THE EVENTUAL TRUTH is you bark flop, disaster before every Salman movie releases then you say Harshali, Nawaz, South Remake, Eid after every sl@p on your face from Salman. How many kicks you get each year but still same bakwaas like ‘Charlie coming with 300 crs Strom in India’ King will rule will Dilwale n blah blah !!!!!!!!!!!! Koi doosra hota toh sharam se suicide kar leta you don’t even have a self respect for your own soul so no respect is expected from you neither will ever be given !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @nipun : Likewise its nipun + Anupama Chopra + Rajeev Masand’s opinion. Majority of people liked Sanjay Duty in Agneepath than Hrithik’s. Indicine gave 4 stars to HNY & 3.5 to PK & BB. Better don’t bother about their reviews

  • @indicine will you please kick out this jerk @SSS forever from your site? He needs to be banned forever. He is nuisance to this site.

  • @Nipun, Big B won national award for agnipath but your greek street manipulated boy can’t get fakefare award forget about National Award.
    ZNMD is Farhaan Akthar and Abay deol movie not jadoo movie. Both Farhaan and Abay overshadow your street boy. Oh.. how can i forget movie like Kiss Kiss Barbara (kites) same as maya memsahab. Last year so called action movie bing bong just fuss in kindergarten and no one know about bo manipulation expect All Universal.
    Salman better for Bajrangi Bhaijaan….!!!

  • @Navin Bhai, ha ha ha ha ha. Great reply to that biggest moron, biggest burdon on earth SS.Subramaniam. he himself doesn’t even know what he is writing in his comments.

  • FLASHBACK……..FLASH back……….flash BLACK ………..2008:

    when Murugadoss first went to salman with ‘Ghajini’ script , the superstar though mighty impressed didn’t agree to star in it because of his own reasons but he recommended Aamir’s name to the director as he felt that Mr. perfect khan was the perfect choice for ‘ghajini’ and yes he was damn right, aamir did the movie and as they say the rest is history!

    Fast forwarded to 2015: Kabir khan’s 1st choice for BB was aamir and when he went to the legend with his script , the ace khan politely refused for the reasons only known to him & instead recommended the people’s superstar salman as he felt only salman could have justified the tags of ‘bajrangi’ & ‘bhaijaan’ and hence no one except salman can be the real bajrangi bhaijaan , kabir accepted & made BB with the megastar and so , as they say the rest is history!

    ‘Ghajini’ couldn’t have been what it is now without the Mr. perfect superstar aamir & BB couldn’t have been even a fraction of what it is now without the people’s megastar salman , it’s as if both were already destined for these roles, can we imagine any other actor doing the classy role of pavan Kumar with such massy annotations as salman? no way, no other actor could have carried off ‘bajrangi’ & ‘bhaijaan’ tags as effortlessly as salman & still be aptly convincing, he is just irreplaceable in Bollywood treasures like MPK, HAHK, Tere naam, wanted, Dabaang, BB etc.

  • @hrithik aamir’s fans are highly standard, class, educated, and matured. just they don’t show their illiteracy on internet doesn’t make it lesser than any 2 rs fans. aamir has largest fan base weather you accept it or not, because reality will not change. and aamir fans don’t need to prove it to slums like you and haklu’s fans and 60 cr flop actor Flopshay’s fans. So better think 100000 times before making any illogical statement. and don’t force me to bash salman because i respect him for what he has been doing since last few years and because he is aamir’s friend. But I have to bash moron jerks like you who don’t know any shit about the reality and that’s why i am becoming harsh to you. and also mind it, I am not part of this SALMIR fan group. I am pure aamir fan only. so unless salman’s fans are polite and respectful for aamir’s achievements and popularity, I won’t bash salman. but I have to take a stand if people like you try to claim that aamir has less fan following than salman or srk.

  • Well said @Eric, some folks are thinking just because aamir fans ain’t active in articles so he doesn’t hv massive fan following.. But the fact is Aamir has fans from all aged group people more than compared to other khans, but only few younger people will read articles and replied to support their idol. It doesn’t mean he has less fans at all. During his absence from the industry his die hard fans was keenly awaited for his movie, finally when mangal pandey released it was a bumper opening for its time. Even on non holiday Friday. What else do u wanna know?

  • @Eric : Are you referring me or @sss.

    I never said such things about Aamir, plz check your comments before you post.

    PK Hai kya ?? :-)

  • @ eric – what is footfalls of bb without raju hirani and with competition from baahubali, drishyam? you are litrate then calculate last five years movies footfalls of aamir and Salman then you automatic understand who is bigger?

  • @hrithik no i am talking to you. now don’t pretend to be sain and don’t lie. i just read one of your comments on this page and that’s why I am replying to you. see here:
    http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/bajrangi-bhaijaan-box-office-collections-in-10-days/comment-page-7/#comments

    now say who is Pk hai kya? that’s the real face of you salman fans? shame on you. and also don’t forget salman whenever dd similar movies after aamir and followed him he legged behind. wanted same genre as ghajini failed to come anywhere close. then he chased 3 idiots for 5 years and failed. then aamir himself broke all records by Dhoom 3 and created history and salman did similar movie as dhoom 3 again like wanted vs Ghajini, kick vs dhoom 3 too happened in same situation. and despite kick being better than dhoom 3 in entertainment, it failed to come anywhere close to dhoom 3. and now BB which has almost equally positive WOM as PK and maybe even better, still it’s failed to break PK’s lifetime record. so everytime and consistently aamir has remained on top since 2008. now don;t make up any excuses that dhoom 3 was brand and PK had christmas advantage and raju hirani as director. because we can make millions of excuses to fight out the harsh reality. because you can not accept that aamir is dominating consistently and he has largest fan following. so next time don’t even dare to say that aamir has less fan following than salman and srk. he has largest fan following worldwide. just because his fans don’t make noice on internet and keep quit doesn’t make it less. and also mind it. aamir’s fans are class, educated and grown ups. not slums. so better take care of your comment before you make any illogical offencive comment.

  • @yuvraj i don’t think I need to prove it to narrow minded poor slums like you. I have already posted the statistics in my above comment. so kindly keep your mouth shut. raju hirani is the biggest excuses by loser reatards like you and haklu fans. I hate excuses. and don’t worry, foot falls of ghajini were way more than wanted, kick, ETT, bodyguard, ready, dabangg 2, etc etc. and 3 idiots still has highest footfalls followed by PK. so that proves who is bigger. So just shut your mouth and get lost you poor illiterate slum.

  • @ eric- i am not a slumdog millanior but i hope someday you will become slumdog because you don’t know how to respect those who respect you and i am sure iletrate peoples are better than your kind of literate peoples? what is literacy for you just talking in english? you will find chillies in your mouth because after so much competition still bajrangi in verge of crossing pk’s footfalls.

  • @eric- 3 idiot has 3,17,85000 footfalls which are less than pk’s 3,50,61,000. you are an aamir fan shame on your knowledge.
    dabangg, kick and ek tha tiger has higher footfalls than ghajini. and i said about all of last five years not last five. neither rajesh khanna nor Amitabh did one movie per year or two year, aamir can do more movies but he knows he doesn’t have star power like Salman.

  • @Eric : You have lost it !!!!!! If you are a Aamir fan I expect you to be sensible and not in the league of fanatic fans. No one is abusing Aamir if you feel that was abuse then I seriously doubt about you being an Aamirian !!!!!!! If you still can’t differentiate between hatred and reality then sorry my friend we also will not take it unnecessarily from anyone no matter if he is Aamir fan or whoever fan is !!!!!!!!!!!

  • @Eric
    Tu PK hai kya
    Aamir is nowhere close to SRK in terms of stardom forget about Salman khan
    In popularity,
    1.salman
    2.srk
    3.ajay
    4.akshay
    5.hrithik
    6.varun dhawan

  • @ James aamir khan’s superstardom is unmatchable your salman is nowhere close to Mr.perfectionist. in terms of popularity, fan following, superstardom.
    1 Aamir khan
    2 Amitabh bacchan
    3 Rajini kanth
    4 Srk
    5 Akshay
    6 Varun

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