Ameesha Patel shot to fame overnight with her debut film ‘Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai’ alongside Hrithik Roshan. Following the success of this movie, she was roped into Sunny Deol’s starrer ‘Gadar’, which also gained wide acceptance in the industry. Despite these early hits, her career later faced challenges, as some of her films didn’t perform well at the box office.
In a recent interview, Ameesha shared an incident where she missed a big opportunity. She revealed that she was offered a role in Shah Rukh Khan’s movie ‘Chalte Chalte‘, but her secretary declined the offer without informing her.
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Ameesha disclosed in a chat with the YouTube channel BeautybyBiE that she unknowingly missed out on the opportunity to star in ‘Chalte Chalte’ with Shah Rukh Khan. According to Patel, her secretary never informed her about the offer. She recounted that Shah Rukh later invited her to the dubbing studio, where he showed her some edits of the film. “When the film was about to release, and Shah Rukh was dubbing for it, he took me into the dubbing studio and showed me a few edits. He said, ‘Come, I will show you edits of the film that you declined.’ I replied, ‘Shah Rukh, what have I declined?’ and he said, ‘This.’” she recollected. The role she missed out on eventually went to Rani Mukerji, who played the female lead in the movie.
The actress made her comeback to the big screen in 2023 with ‘Gadar 2‘, featuring Sunny Deol in the lead. The movie became a massive success at the box office, although it received mixed reviews from fans and critics.
