Long
before
Shah
Rukh
Khan
became
the
poster
boy
for
romance,
the
superstar
dabbled
with
negative
roles.
One
of
his
most
iconic
performances
is
Yash
Chopra's
Darr,
where
he
played
an
obsessive
lover
named
Rahul.
SRK's
'KKK..Kiran'
act
still
manages
to
send
shivers
down
the
spine.
But
do
you
folks
know
that
SRK
was
not
the
first
choice
to
play
a
stalker
in
this
film?
Yash
Chopra
had
previously
approached
Aashiqui
actor
Rahul
Roy
for
this
role.
The
revelation
was
made
by
Rahul
himself
when
he
recently
appeared
on
a
TV
show.
As
per
a
report
in
Mumbai
Mirror,
Rahul
told
host
Kapil
Sharma
that
he
was
jobless
for
six
months
after
the
release
of
Aashiqui
but
suddenly
was
offered
almost
49
films.
Speaking
about
one
of
the
films
he
said,
"I
remember
Yash
Chopra
ji
had
called
me
for
a
narration.
I
was
preoccupied
with
other
films
and
couldn't
take
up
the
offer
as
many
of
the
projects
I
had
signed
on
were
already
on
floors
and
filmmakers
were
fighting
for
my
dates."
When
prodded
further,
the
actor
revealed,
"Well,
the
film
was
Darr,
which
later
went
to
Shah
Rukh
Khan
and
shaped
his
career.
His
character
Rahul
was
written
keeping
me
in
mind.
I
still
have
the
big
regret
of
not
signing
that
film."
Earlier
in
an
interview,
Shah
Rukh
Khan
opened
up
about
why
he
took
up
films
like
Darr
and
Baazigar
at
the
beginning
of
his
career.
The
superstar
was
quoted
as
saying,
"The
reasons
I
agreed
to
do
roles
which
the
other
guys
were
saying
no
to
(for
whatever
their
mindset
was),
a
Darr
or
a
Baazigar,
was
because
I
thought
I'm
not
good-looking
enough
to
be
a
hero,
so
let
me
just
get
a
villain's
job.
I
didn't
do
it
because
I
was
gutsy
or
because
I
knew
I
could
pull
it
off,
I'm
such
a
great
actor."
He
further
added,
"I
took
on
roles
because
I
just
wanted
to
act.
It
didn't
make
any
difference
if
I
was
going
to
become
Rishi
Kapoor
or
Amitabh
Bachchan,
it
didn't
matter
if
I
became
Salman
Khan
or
Aamir
Khan
-
they
were
already
working
here.
I
just
wanted
to
act
because
I
thought
I
know
a
bit
of
it."
Coming
back
to
Darr,
do
you
folks
think
Rahul
Roy
could
have
pulled
off
the
stalker
act
which
was
later
enacted
by
Shah
Rukh
Khan?
Let
us
know
your
thoughts
in
the
comment
section
below.