Distributors
Wanted
Salman
&
Madhuri
In
Pardes
Speaking
about
the
same,
Subhash
Ghai
told,
"There
was
immense
pressure.
My
last
film
hadn't
worked
so,
distributors
suggested
that
if
I
cast
Salman
and
Madhuri
alongside
Shahrukh,
it
would
give
a
huge
boost
to
the
film."
Here's
Why
He
Refused..
"Both
were
stars.
But
I
refused,
simply
because
they
(Salman
Khan
&
Madhuri
Dixit)
would
not
have
done
justice
to
my
characters,"
added
Mr
Ghai.
Here's
How
Apurva
Replaced
Salman
"Rajiv
was
an
NRI,
so
there
needed
to
be
a
certain
mystery
about
him.
It
had
to
be
someone
unknown
and
hence
I
decided
to
cast
a
newcomer.
That's
how
we
chose
Apurva."
Madhuri
Wanted
To
Do
Pardes
The
Taal
director
further
added,
"For
Ganga,
they
wanted
Madhuri,
who
had
worked
with
us
many
films.
She
was,
in
fact,
a
Mukta
Arts
heroine.
Madhuri
had
even
liked
the
script
and
wanted
to
do
it."
Here's
How
Mahima
Came
On
Board
"But
I
knew
the
character
of
Ganga
demanded
a
non-familiar
face,
an
innocence
never
seen
before.
An
established
face
wouldn't
have
given
me
that.
That's
how
Mahima
(Choudhary)
happened,
and
I
am
glad
both
of
my
choices
paid
off."
Subhash-Salman
Fallout
On
the
other
side,
Salman
Khan
is
said
to
have
had
a
volatile
equation
with
Subhash
Ghai.
Though
they
are
said
to
have
had
a
serious
fallout,
the
twosome
later
collaborated
on
Subhash's
directorial,
‘Yuvvraaj'.
Salman
Had
Hit
Subhash
Ghai
In
an
interview
from
2002,
Salman
Khan
had
put
light
into
his
sensational
feud
with
Ghai.
"No.
I
have
never
beaten
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan.
I
have
only
hit
Subhash
Ghai.
Yet,
I
apologized
to
him
the
next
day."
Later,
Salman
Had
Apologized
"There
are
times
when
you
do
get
out
of
control.
That
person
hit
me
with
a
spoon,
almost
broke
a
plate
on
my
face,
pissed
on
my
shoes
and
grabbed
me
by
the
neck."
"I
could
not
control
myself.
And
see
what
happened.
Next
day,
I
had
to
go
and
apologize,"
Salman
had
concluded.
Subhash
On
Resolving
His
Fight
"Next
morning
I
got
a
call
form
Salim
sahib
who
paid
his
respect
to
me
by
apologising
and
sent
Salman
to
my
home
within
one
hour.
Salman
came
and
stood
in
front
of
me
like
a
guilty
child."
"I
smiled
and
asked
him,
‘What
happened
to
you
last
night
?' and
he
said,
‘I
have
come
here
because
my
father
told
me
to
do
so.'
I
said,
‘So
you
are
not
sorry?'
and
he
replied,
‘Of
course
I
am.'
That's
how
we
broke
the
ice."