Aishwarya Rai Was The Reason Why Mahima Chaudhry Was Cut Up With Me, Says Subhash Ghai [Flashback]
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By Filmibeat Desk
The
recent
revelation
of
Mahima
Chaudhry
about
being
bullied
by
her
first
director
Subhash
Ghai
after
the
release
of
Pardes,
had
left
everyone
baffled.
For
the
unversed,
in
1997,
Mahima
Chaudhry
made
her
grand
Bollywood
debut
opposite
Shah
Rukh
Khan
with
Subhash
Ghai's
Pardes.
With
the
film
being
a
super
hit,
Mahima
became
the
talk
of
the
town,
but
owing
to
her
fallout
with
Subhash
Ghai,
Mahima
lost
out
on
projects
like
Satya,
which
is
considered
as
a
cult-classic
movie
even
today.
After
Mahima's
recent
statements,
director
Subhash
Ghai
shared
his
stand,
and
said
that
he
is
amused
by
Mahima's
revelation.
While
nobody
knows
what
exactly
had
happened
between
them,
we
dug
up
an
old
interview
of
Subhash
Ghai,
wherein
the
director
had
went
on
record
saying
that
Mahima
was
cut
up
with
him
because
of
Aishwarya
Rai
(Bachchan).
Surprised?
So
are
we!
Subhash
Ghai's
Old
Interview
On
His
Fallout
With
Mahima
While
speaking
to
Saibal
Chatterjee
in
1998,
when
Subhash
Ghai
was
asked
why
he
opted
Aishwarya
Rai
for
Taal,
he
had
said,
"Four
others
were
considered-
Manisha
Koirala,
Karisma
Kapoor,
Kareena
and
Mahima.
I
chose
Aishwarya
because
she
fits
the
role
like
a
glove.
That's
the
reason
why
Mahima
is
cut
up
with
me."
Yes,
you
read
it
right!
Subhash
Ghai
had
said
that
Mahima
was
upset
with
him
because
he
had
roped
in
Aishwarya
for
Taal.
Subhash
Ghai
On
His
Dispute
With
Mahima
Chaudhry
In
the
same
interview,
when
he
was
asked
if
he
had
resolved
his
dispute
with
Mahima,
he
answered,
"It's
a
closed
chapter
now.
It
wasn't
for
the
money-
that
was
peanuts,
anyway.
It
was
a
disciplinary
action
against
an
errant
student
by
an
institute,
if
you
regard
Mukta
Arts
as
one.
But
all
is
forgotten.
She
is
now
free
to
do
what
she
wants
with
her
career."
Cut
To
Present,
Here's
What
Subhash
Ghai
Said
About
Mahima
In
his
official
statement,
the
Yaadein
director
said
that
he
was
amused
reading
Mahima's
statement.
He
further
shared
that
he
is
a
good
friend
of
Mahima,
and
they
are
still
in
touch
through
messages.
Ghai
also
praised
Mahima,
and
said
that
she
is
a
nice
and
a
mature
woman.
He
Further
Added..
"She
is
jovial
good
person
I
trust.
She
must
be
right
in
feeling
that
she
was
bullied
when
asked
by
some
one.
Actually
I
admire
her
great
gesture
when
she
did
a
guest
appearance
in
a
song
in
my
last
film
Kaanchi
in
2014.
I
guess
we
do
get
entertained
with
the
smallest
of
an
old
tiff
which
is
normal
in
course
of
life
in
showbiz,"
concluded
Ghai.