Films that Shahrukh Khan rejected!

Everyone wants to work with Shahrukh Khan, but few get a chance as he usually prefers working with friends. But did you know SRK was Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s first choice for Munnabhai? That Rakesh Roshan was initially keen on casting him in Kaho Na Pyaar Hai?

Infact due to various reasons, SRK rejected several films that went on to be cult classics.

  • Kaho Na Pyaar Hai – Shahrukh Khan was Rakesh Roshan’s first choice for Kaho Na Pyaar Hai after Koyla failed at the box-office. When things didn’t work out, Rakesh decided to cast his son Hrithik as the main lead. The film went on to create history at the box-office and won several awards. Most notably, Hrithik won every Best Actor award that year.
  • Lagaan – Ashutosh Gowariker first offered Lagaan to Aamir, who initially didn’t want to produce the film. He then went to SRK, who wasn’t too keen either. Ashutosh then convinced Aamir and the rest, as they say, is history. Lagaan remains the only Oscar nominated Hindi film in the last 2 decades.
  • Jodha Akbar – Not many know that Ashutosh Gowariker wanted SRK for Jodha Akbar after the failure of Swades. Some say, he wasn’t too happy about the film’s shooting locations as it wouldn’t allow him to spend time with his kids during their vacation.
  • Munnabhai MBBS – It’s hard to even imagine anyone else playing the iconic role of Munnabhi apart from Sanjay Dutt. But both Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra wanted SRK for the film. Infact, Sanjay Dutt was to play the role of Zaheer, which eventually went to Jimmy Shergill. We have always wondered how SRK would have played the character of Munnabhai?
  • Rang De Basanti – The classic Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra film was also first offered to Shahrukh, who wasn’t keen on doing the film.
  • 3 Idiots – After two Munnabhai films, when Rajkumar Hirani wanted to adapt Chetan Bhagat’s book Five Point Someone into a film, he again wanted SRK to play the character that later went to Aamir. Post release, 3 Idiots went on to be the biggest grosser in the history of Indian cinema.
  • Robot – Tamil director Shankhar wanted Shahrukh for Robot, a film which Rajinikanth eventually did in Tamil. Enthiran also created history grossing around 375 crores worldwide!

Some other not-so-huge films that SRK rejected are Sajid Khan’s Heyy Babyy and Mani Ratnam’s Raavan.

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116 Comments

  • THANK GOD THAT srk DIDN’T DO THESE FILMS. HE WOULD HAVE DESTROYED THEM. HRITHIK SANJAY AAMIR DID EXCELLENT JOB IN ALL THESE FILMS. SRK WUD HAV RUINED ALL THESE BRILLIANT MOVIES. GOD BLESS THE FILMMAKERS OF THESE FILMS . GOD BLESS BOLLYWOOD . THEY SHOULD NEVER CAST srk in any movie. he ruins everything. he doesnt have d acting skills like aamir & the stardom like salman. srk should retire now…seriously………..

  • this is list of good fims but @indicine you are forgetting how many films which other actors rejected but srk did!!!

    The first two movies which established srk as an over night star BAAZIGAR & DARR was rejected SALMAN & AAMIR respectively .

    Also the best two perfomances from SRK’s two decade cereer are from films which HRITHIC & SALMAN was rejected ( SWADES & CHACK DE respectively ).

    The other movie you didn’t include in the list is SLAMDOG MILLIONIER .

    GOOD DAY GUYZ………….!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • and end of this year his carrier is gone to be end because his popularity decreases rapidly.
    Top 10 most popular actors in india.
    1 salman khan
    2 rajnikant(tamil)
    3 mahesh babu(telagu)
    4 amir khan
    5 hritik roshan
    6 ranbir kapoor
    7 shahrukh khan
    8 vijay(tamil)
    9 akshay kumar.
    10 pawan kalyan(telagu)

  • that shows how srk afraids to take challenges he only trust yash chopra and karan johar if CDI and MNIK were not produced by these filmmakers srk would never accept these films so srk fans apni soch ko improve karo tabhi shayad srk b khud ko improve karega

  • Srk is the best. But no doubt srk should do work with other banners other than his friends. This movies would hv been mega blockbusters with srk.

  • I can’t understand why Indicine always tries to bring srk on spotlight??Well thank god he didnt do KNPH,MunnaBhai,Jodha Akbar,3 idiots he would have ruined these movies…can’t imagine srk play as Akbar or Munnabhai

  • Aamir to SRK ke tukdo pe palne wala insan hai…SRK is all time Gr8est Actor.
    1.Dilip Kumar
    2.Amitab Bachchan
    3.Shahrukh Khan
    4.Shah Rukh Khan
    and he’ll continue till her last breath

  • 1 se lekar 5 tak tha Dilip ka number

    1 se lekar 10 tak tha Amitabh ka number

    1 se lekar 20 tak hai Shahrukh ka number

    bollywood mein sirf Shahrukh Aur Sex Bikta Hai

  • Shahrukh Khan..ne woh film mana krke..Doosro ka ghar banaaya hai..
    Aur is baat pe Baadshah ko khud fakar hoga..
    Sanjay Dutt ka career Munna Bhai se bachaya
    Aamir ko top 3 ki race mein RDB LAGAAN aur 3I se laayagya…
    Hrithik ko ATBB waali career start mili..
    Rajnikanth ko ek aur sammaaan mila..Robot ke taur pe

    he also refused Slumdog Millionaire…
    aur aaj Anil Kapoor itna akardta hai..woh SRK ki wjha se hai..coz he declined it too

  • someone has to reject so tat others get a chance.imagine if srk did all tese films what will happen to all the other actors?

  • this all films do not need king khan all this were good films king khan was not the requirement of this movies he is really king this actors made this films hit but king khan made OSo ,main hoon na,RBND,RA.1 a hit he is simply the hughest figure

  • @vinay ok so king khan is declining and salman is at his peak still king khans ra.1 and don2 have higher worldwide gross than bodyguard and ready do you want to say anything

  • @vinay ok if king khan losses fan one or two according to idiots like you but only i am enough to fight with all the fans of lallu in the world

  • @vinay so every producer wants king khan why they did not approached others before him because you know that he is the best

  • srk was busy when all this film makers approached him but what he did not feared like amir tingu khan to do darr king khan did it cos he is the best

  • salman and amir fans have no permission to say that king khan should retire he has 11 world wide 100 crore grossing movies salman has three amir has two so who is king you know now repeat

  • 2012 was king khan carrier worst year yet salman did not beated him in total collection even its golden time for salman because king khan is just king khan and is just gr8

  • @veena true salman khan is a luccha lafanga man who on his carrier highest point can not beat king khan

  • vidhu vinod chopra still wants king khan in his new project so now what amir and his biggest fan lallu have to say even after a movie like three idiots he is not priority amir is no. 1 only in eyes of lallu

  • ye bhi historic hi hai ki iske baad bhi wo king khan kehlata hai such a figure in his carriers worst days have more fans than other actors on globe salute to you sir the real king khan of hearts

  • ye sab actor kya leke aye the aur kya leke jayenge ye to ika duka hit deke bhag jayenge rah jayega to sirf ek insaan sarv saktisali sarv saktiman shahrukh khan

  • @vijay true every actor has such weak points in his carreire Salman did not gave any hits in that time amir stopped making films at that time king khan still giving more hit movies the most iconic figure born in bollywood

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