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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  • SALMAN IS THE ONLY STAR IN INDIA WHOSE STARDOM IS NOT AFFECTED BY HITS OR FLOPS

    HE IS MUCH ABOVE DESE THINGS :)

  • thank god shahrukh khan didnt act in kaho na pyar hai
    this film is rubbish only songs are good
    lagan is crap
    and its story is full of loopholes
    cos the officers dont have right to lift the tax on the peasants it only by the british raj what a trash movie
    munna bhai is copy
    rang de basant copy of the serbian film no mans land even the poster is copied
    robot is asheer crap copied from terminater cheap rajni
    indicine
    why dont you talk about bazigar which was rrejected by salman khan and arbas khan akshy kumar
    why dont speak of amir khan who became afraid to act in darr
    nd rejected josh
    why dont youof hrithik being afraid to act in swades whichi now a cutlt in cinematic history
    why dont you talk about
    rejection of sallu chak de india
    out of the movies you said only
    3 idiots and oda akbar are good
    others are trash

  • i think u r stupid.
    Rangde basanti(amir khan’s best till these date) was the movie which is better than the swadesh(sarukh’s best movie) and guru(abhishek’s best).
    Don’t say about stupid box office

  • Thanks 2 srk..if he did those films,they would be worth 2 watch.HE IS THE BEST OVERRATED ACTOR OF INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT. And indicine why r u guys always try to put srk in spotlight?Be neutral…and plz give some fact bout amir,salman not only d so called srk.

  • @ jivan
    rang de basanti is not btter than swads in any respect you stupid swads is th bst
    it got the highst mark on imdb 8.4
    rang de basant is copied bring your original then talk even the poster is copied

  • srk is the best…he is da dedicated actor of bollywood….if he had rejected those films then he has done other blockbusters too
    so stop commenting rubbish about him..

  • SRK’s script sense is ”good”!LOL! Aamir is still VVC’s priority which is why it is Aamir who has been chosen for the next Raju Hirani film and not SRK! :D

    Those who are saying Aamir or Salman became huge only because SRK rejected these films, should know that SRK also got his foothold in industry due to films Aamir and Salman rejected! Baazigar was an Anil Kapoor and Salman Khan reject. Darr fell in his lap after Aamir was removed from it. His only two quality films – Swades and Chak De India are rejects of Aamir, Hrithik, Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan!
    For SRK fans’ kind information, Aamir was first approached for the Ramana remake, which SRK is reportedly doing now. But Aamir refused it!Both Aamir and Hrithik refused Swades also.

    And Indicine, Aamir was original choice for DJ in RDB. SRK rejected RDB because he was offered R. Madhavan’s role and he felt it was a smaller role compared to Aamir’s DJ so he refused it.

    For Lagaan, Ashutosh went to Abhishek Bachchan after both Aamir and SRK rejected it. Then when even Abhishek rejected it, he went back to Aamir, made changes in script of Lagaan as per his suggestions and they did it from thereon.

    Oddly, SRK had rejected Shankar’s Robot saying that it had a half baked script! LOL! Wonder what he thought of its script compared to script of Ra One!

    SRK works for friends and has no guts to experiment with new or less successful filmmakers. Now he’s doing the Rohit Shetty film after seeing his super success with Golmaal series and Singham! Opportunist!

  • LOL at some SRK fans who are running down Oscar and BAFTA nominated films like Lagaan and RDB to prove Swades as some bigger film!

    Lagaan is rated among best films of world cinema in lists by foreign publications every year! It was first film to make it to syllabus of IIMs. RDB is big hit and its impact was felt nationwide in India and acknowledged worldwide! It was first film to impact people in real life!

    Kaho Na Pyar Hai is among the rare films which became blockbuster despite releasing in dry month like January! You guys even blame Diwali puja for low opening of Ra One, but forget that Hrithik gave huge hits in January, a month in which all stars are scared to release their films! Newcomer Hrithik’s KNPH made mincemeat of SRK’s Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani which released around the same time in 2000. He gave superhit again in January with Jodhaa Akbar even though January is considered a jinx and historicals are said to be non-box office material! Aamir also broke the January jinx by giving a big hit like RDB in 2006.

    Munnabhai films have been shown and praised at UN headquarters and won awards (even National Awards) as well as box office, unlike so-called cult Swades!

    Aamir or Hrithik were afraid? Haha! Then what was SRK when he rejected Lagaan? Scared to take this risk? Scared to break free from his image? He accepted Swades only in hope of emulating Lagaan success with Ashutosh Gowariker! Sadly it didn’t happen.

    Was he scared to play Munna bhai? Or didn’t understand how a goon could be shown as a man with heart of gold?

    It’s his loss and his pathetic script sense at display!

  • @Megha

    3 Idiots craze is also unmatched. Dear lady, look outside your cocoon. In era of piracy, internet downloads, TV etc. when films are put up for free viewing the day they release and films don’t even run beyond 3 weeks in cinemas, 3 Idiots completed 25 weeks in not just different cinema halls across India but also in countries like Taiwan! It has highest DVD sales ever, fastest selling DVD, top viewed film on TV, its records are still intact – despite rising inflation, increase of multiplexes and stars trying all tricks to get more collections.
    It is the only Indian film to make it to IMDb Top 250 multiple times and is most voted Indian film there. It got best film awards – people’s choice awards – in Korea, China, Switzerland – and of course in India – where it got several awards for best film of the decade!
    Its book – 3 Idiots screenplay became bestseller, the 3 Idiots merchandise got record sales, it is the only Indian film to have trended on Twitter WORLDWIDE, 4 times. It is the only Indian film to have 2 facebook pages with more than 1 million fans and first Indian film to get more than a million fans on its page. Currently official FB page of 3 Idiots is the biggest Facebook page for anything related to India.
    It has made impact in real life – included in syllabus of NCERT, schools, colleges and also B-schools – which include IIMs. It has changed the way people look at students and education. It has been shown in schools and universities across the world – from USA, to China to even Ghana!
    Founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales said he loved the film and it made him cry. He loved Rancho (Aamir Khan) in it.
    If this is not craze then what is?!

    DDLJ had craze, but it was behind HAHK in 90s. And it had no real life or social impact. It is just a romantic entertainer. It was a craze for sure. But you can’t say 3I craze is any less.

    3 Idiots is most viewed and most downloaded film even on Chinese and Korean websites where it beat even films of their own language! It ran longer than James Cameron’s Avatar in Taiwan. This is unparalleled by any film today.

    Today people are only too happy if their film runs for 1 week and recovers its investment. Whereas here was a 35 crore film which went on to make more than 450 crore worldwide!! And now even became top grosser overseas without any publicity by its team in foreign countries!

  • at ramya are crazy or what
    amir khan is acopy cut
    ghajini is copied from momento
    akele hum akele tum from krammer vs krammer
    ghulam from on the waterfront
    rang de pasanti fr om no mans land
    so where is the originality
    lagan is unreal
    the tax cant be lifted by officers
    it either by the queen or british raj
    so the plot collapse

    devdas is voted by time magasine as the best film inthe world in 02
    and in 100 movies best in allover the world by the prestigious magazine empire
    ddlj among the 1001 movies you must see before you die
    swades and udaan the toprated movies
    on imdb
    my names is khan the best of all movies
    no actor can act this role
    go learn before criticising knowledgeabe srk fans

  • Shahrukh Khan (pronounced [‘?a??r?x ?xa?n]; born 2 November 1965), often credited as Shah Rukh Khan and informally referred to as SRK, is an Indian film actor. Often referred to as “The King of Bollywood”, Khan has acted in over 70 Hindi films.[3][4][5] Khan has won fourteen Filmfare Awards from thirty nominations for his work in Indian films and shares the record for the highest number of Best Actor awards with Dilip Kumar, 8 wins. In 2005, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri for his contributions towards Indian Cinema.
    After graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in economics, he started his career appearing in theatre and several television serials in the late 1980s and later made his Hindi film debut in 1992 with Deewana. Early in his career he was recognised for his unconventional choice of negative roles in films such as Darr (1993), Baazigar (1993) and Anjaam (1994). Since then he has played leading roles in a wide variety of film genres, including romantic films, comedies, thrillers, action and sport films and historical dramas, among others.
    Eleven of the films he has acted in have accumulated gross earnings of over 1 billion (US$19.95 million).[6] Khan’s films such as Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Devdas (2002), Chak De! India (2007), Om Shanti Om (2007) and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) and Ra.One (2011) remain some of Bollywood’s biggest hits, while films like Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham… (2001), Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), Veer-Zaara (2004), Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), My Name Is Khan (2010) and Don 2 (2011) have been top-grossing Indian productions in the overseas markets thus making him one of the most successful leading actors of India.[7]
    In addition to movie acting, Khan is a television presenter, a regular stage performer, and a social activist. He is the founder/owner of two production companies: Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies Entertainment and, along with actress Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta, the owner of the Indian Premier League cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders and the Mumbai franchise in the motorsport racing league i1 Super Series.[8] Khan is considered to be one of the biggest movie stars, with a fan following claimed to number in the billions.[3][9] In 2008, Newsweek named him one of the 50 most powerful people in the world.[3]

  • Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (English: The Brave Hearted Will Take the Bride), also known as DDLJ, is a Hindi language film released on 20 October 1995. A romantic comedy, the film marked the directorial debut of Aditya Chopra, who also wrote the story. It was produced by his father Yash Chopra, and stars Shahrukh Khan and Kajol. The film tells the story of a young couple who fall in love on a European vacation, and relates how the boy tries to win over the girl’s parents so that she can marry him rather than the boy that her father has chosen for her. It was filmed in India, London, and Switzerland.
    Earning over 106 crore (US$21.15 million) in India and 15 crore (US$2.99 million) overseas, the film became the biggest Bollywood hit of the year, as well as one of the biggest Bollywood hits ever.[3] During the 1996 awards season, the film won 10 Filmfare Awards, the most ever for a single film at that time, and also won the National Award for being the most popular film of the year.
    Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge was ranked by Indiatimes Movies among the “25 Must See Bollywood Films”. It was one of two Hindi films in the “1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die” list along with Mother India. It was also placed twelfth on the British Film Institute’s list of the top Indian films of all time.
    The film was declared an all-time blockbuster and it remains as the longest-running film in the history of Indian cinema. As of 2011, it was still playing at the Maratha Mandir theatre in Mumbai.

  • Devdas (Hindi: ??????) is a 2002 Bollywood film based on the 1917 Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay novella Devdas. This is the third Hindi version and the first colour film version of the story in Hindi.[3] The film is directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and stars Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, and Aishwarya Rai in the leading roles.
    At the time of its release, Devdas was the most expensive Bollywood film ever produced, with a reported budget of Rs 50 crores.[4] The film was released in six alternative language versions: English, French, German, Mandarin, Thai, and Punjabi.
    Shahrukh Khan’s performance as the rebellious alcoholic Devdas is often considered one of his best performances, and won him a Filmfare Award. The song “Dola Re Dola” became a hit with its unique dance duet between Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit.
    The film won five National Awards, ten Filmfare Awards including Best Film, and received a BAFTA nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. It was also India’s entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars. It was ranked #74 in Empire magazines “The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema” in 2010.[5] Time Magazine named Devdas as the best movie of 2002 among all the movies released around the world in 2002.[6]
    Last picture of Madhuri Dixit prior to her long absence due to her marriage.

  • good job by i am not stupid sk fan.ramya amir salman and other actors rejectd bazzigar and darr,coz of a anti hero role.tey wer worid about ter image.get ur facts straight before u comment.

  • his popularity s not decreasing in fact its increasing SRK has acting skills n stardom both aamir dnt have stardom like SRK n salman do not have acting skills like SRK he should quit acting n he shuld retire

  • shahrukh s d biggest n most popular actor of india no doubt but he made so many mistakes by rejecting these movies he should have made all these brilliant films more brilliant n beautiful
    salman’s popularity will decrease soon n he will loose his stardom soon no doubt in that

  • definitely he would have done all these roles better than aamir,hrithik n sanjay he did excellent performances in all the movies he acted…

  • @ramya:swadesh was a biggest n greatest film than lagaan no doubt n outside india SRK’s popularity s way ahead of salman khan n aamir khan and also in last one year his popularity in overseas has become twice n DDLJ s d biggest all time blockbuster in the history n the craze for DDLJ was unmatchable at that day…………………
    the biggest ATBB is not marked in terms of collection but no.of days it runs DDLJ s still running but 3 Idiots s not running now and also at that time ticket price was very lower than it is now that s the main reason otherwise it would have grossed more than 3 Idiots if the ticket price s the same as of now

  • Despite rejecting all these movies he is still at the peak. if he had done all of these movies then in bollywood there wouldnot be any hrithik, amir or sanjay. Only SRK would have been there. so basically by rejecting these movies he has maintained competition in bollywood. Let accept the fact that Srk is the undisputed king of Bollywood, his competitor change but SRK is always there.
    SHAH RUKH KHAN ROCKS

  • Shah rukh is the best actor bollywood ever produced some hits of srk
    1-DIL TOH PAGAL HAI
    2-DAAR
    3-BAAZIGAR
    4-KUCH KUCH HOTA HAI
    5-DDLJ
    6-DEVDAS
    7-CHALTE CHALTE
    8-KABHI KHUSHI KABHI GAM
    9-BADSHAH
    10-OM SHANTI OM
    11-CHAK DE INDIA
    12-RAB NE BANA DI JODI
    13-MY NAME IS KHAN
    14-RA.ONE
    15-DON
    16-DON 2
    17-KARAN ARJUN
    18-VEER JAARA
    19-KANK
    20-KAL HO NA HO

  • Wt to say about srk jst a salute to him nt nthing for sallu or aamir fans bcoz srk movies will do the talking

  • aap agar ye kahate ho ki salman is not affected by hit or flops to ye zuth hai .bcos VEER ke flop hone ke baad usane paiso ke liye director se zagade kiye the.

  • @megha,i would say i like u.what a increadible statement give u for srk against all hater of srk.jay ho megha ji.plz join me on fb.my acoun name is tushar surwade with 2500frnd.

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