Long
before
Shah
Rukh
Khan
spread
his
arms
as
DDLJ's
Raj
and
sashayed
his
way
into
hearts,
the
superstar
was
known
for
sending
shivers
down
the
spine
with
his
anti-hero
acts.
One
of
them
is
Abbas
Mustan's
thriller
Baazigar
in
which
he
shared
screen
space
with
Kajol
and
Shilpa
Shetty.
The
actor's
portrayal
of
a
cold-blooded
killer
with
a
vendatta
in
this
film
is
considered
to
be
one
of
his
memorable
roles
which
put
on
the
path
of
stardom.
Interestingly,
this
role
was
turned
down
by
many
actors
like
Salman
Khan
and
Anil
Kapoor
before
it
landed
in
King
Khan's
lap.
Recently,
when
Shah
Rukh
Khan
completed
29
years
in
Bollywood,
producer
Ratan
Jain
who
bankrolled
Baazigar
walked
down
the
memory
and
recalled
how
SRK
was
cast
in
this
film
as
the
anti-hero
in
a
chat
with
Pinkvilla.
Jain
revealed
that
they
had
approached
Salman
Khan
and
Anil
Kapoor
but
things
didn't
work
out
with
them.
He
watched
some
portions
of
Deewana
which
was
yet
to
be
released
and
was
very
impressed
with
Shah
Rukh
Khan.
It
was
Jain
who
recommended
SRK's
name
to
Abbas-Mustan
and
the
rest
is
history.
"We
tried
for
Salman
Khan
and
Anil
Kapoor,
but
things
didn't
work
out.
There
were
some
guys
who
wanted
to
do
the
film,
but
they
didn't
fit
the
bill.
Deewana
had
not
released
back
then
and
we
had
the
music
rights
of
the
film.
I
saw
some
portions
and
was
very
impressed
with
Shah
Rukh.
I
then
recommended
him
to
my
directors
and
we
decided
to
move
ahead," Ratan
Jain
told
Pinkvilla.
Further,
the
producer
recalled
his
first
meeting
with
Shah
Rukh
Khan
at
a
hotel
for
the
film's
narration
and
said,
"I
first
met
him
at
the
Sea
Rock
Hotel,
at
the
pool
side.
I
just
told
him
the
one-line
idea
and
he
confidently
said,
I
will
do
the
best,
only
I
can
do
the
best.
He
was
so
confident
and
everything
was
decided
on
the
first
meeting
itself.
He
didn't
want
a
narration
too
as
he
had
seen
the
film
that
inspired
Baazigar
-
A
Kiss
Before
Dying."
Here's
an
interesting
trivia
here.
Baazigar
was
inspired
by
a
scene
in
the
Hollywood
film
A
Kiss
Before
Dying.
In
this
movie,
the
hero,
while
having
a
romantic
conversation
with
his
girlfriend,
throws
her
off
a
terrace,
killing
her.
Reportedly,
Abbas-Mustan
were
so
impressed
by
this
scene
that
they
wrote
a
film
script
to
incorporate
this
sequence.
Shah
Rukh
Khan's
negative
role
in
Baazigar
earned
him
a
Filmfare
Award
for
Best
Actor.
Over
the
years,
Ratan
Jain
and
King
Khan
teamed
up
on
films
like
Yes
Boss,
Josh,
Badshah
and
Main
Hoon
Na.
"Most
of
the
time,
he
left
things
on
me.
He
always
asked
me
to
pay
what
I
thought
would
be
good
for
him
based
on
the
market
price.
More
than
money,
he
was
always
passionate
about
cinema," Jain
was
quoted
as
saying
by
the
news
portal.