Did you know Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai were the original choice for Bajirao Mastani? | Hindi Movie News – Times of India

Bajirao Mastani is inarguably one of the best films of Sanjay Leela Bhansali starring Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, and Priyanka Chopra Jonas playing the lead roles. Interestingly, before the trio decided to do the movie, it was offered to many other big stars. However, as they say, in life, romance and even with movie making, destiny plays a huge part.
Before the movie’s shooting had even started, there was a time when Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan had once shot a poster for Bajirao Mastani, which is reportedly still lying in the archives in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s office.
Following the huge success of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, SLB began pre-production for Bajirao Mastani in 2003, and his original casting plan was for Salman Khan, Aishwarya Rai, and Rani Mukerji to play the leading roles.
The director had hoped to once again create magic with Sallu and Ash’s sizzling chemistry.
Unfortunately, soon after they went through a painful public breakup, making it hard to cast them together. Following that, a number of famous names were considered for the role, but nobody could be finalised.
Thereafter, Sanjay Leela Bhansali made the decision to replace Aishwarya in the movie with Kareena Kapoor Khan. Kareena and Salman actually shot a poster and did a look test for Bajirao Mastani back then. According to fascinating reports, Salman even cut his hair short for the look test.
Still things didn’t turn out the way the director had hoped. Later, SLB and Salman had a serious fallout. Since then, the two have never again worked together.