Raja
Hindustani
Director
Dharmesh's
dream
choice
for
the
role
was
Aishwarya,
but
the
actress
who
already
had
four
films
in
her
kitty
by
this
point,
chose
to
give
it
all
up
and
participate
in
the
Miss
World
pageant
which
she
won
as
well.
Kuch
Kuch
Hota
Hai
She
rejected
this
film
due
to
her
packed
schedule, she
was
shooting
for
Jeans
at
the
time
and
therefore
rejected
this.
Dostana
Originally
Abhishek,
Aishwarya
and
Saif
were
said
to
play
the
lead
roles,
Aish
rejected
it
due
to
busy
schedule
and
the
fact
that
the
movie
was
about
the
two
male
leads,
later
even
Saif
dropped
out.
Heroine
This
movie
was
announced
at
the
Cannes
Film
Festival
but
her
unexpected
pregnancy
made
her
quit
the
movie
during
production
stages.
Chalte
Chalte
When
Salman
dropped
in
on
the
sets
and
had
a
huge
fight
with
Aishwarya,
not
being
able
to
cope
with
the
ruckus,
Shahrukh
Khan
replaced
Aishwarya
with
Rani.
Bhool
Bhulaiyaa
Bhool
Bhulaiyaa,
a
super
hit
remake
of
a
south
Indian
movie
was
first
offered
to
Aishwarya
but
she
rejected
the
haunted
role
which
landed
in
Vidya's
lap.
Veer
Zaara
Yet
another
classic
hit
film
that
Aishwarya
Rai
rejected
and
Rani
Mukerji
cashed
in
on.
Shuddhi
Aishwarya
was
initially
approached
by
Karan
for
Shuddhi,
she
rejected
it
and
so
it
went
to
Hrithik
and
Kareena,
now
finally
lucky
Varun
and
Alia
have
landed
the
lead
roles.
Ashoka
Kaurwaki's
role
was
initially
to
be
played
by
Aishwarya
Rai
but
her
loss
was
Kareena's
again
who
got
to
romance
King
Khan
in
the
movie.
Munnabhai
MBBS
The
movie's
initial
lead
cast
was
Shahrukh
Khan
and
Aishwarya
Rai
but
due
to
shoulder
injury
SRK
backed
out
and
Sanjay
Dutt
was
cast
as
the
hero,
owing
to
Sanjay's
low
career
phase
back
then,
Aishwarya
too
opted
out.
Corporate
Another
Madhur
Bhandarkar
movie
Aishwarya
Rai
rejected,
this
movie
went
onto
frame
Bipasha
Basu's
career
in
Bollywood.
Badlapur
Saif
and
Aishwarya
Rai
were
cast
in
the
lead
role,
when
Saif
was
replaced
by
Varun
Dhawan,
Aish
chose
to
opt
out
since
she
did
not
want
to
be
paired
opposite
a
younger
hero.