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Aziz Mirza began shooting his fourth film, Chalte Chalte, with Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the lead roles. The duo began the shoot by filming the song \u201cPrem Nagariya\u201d. However, for reasons best known to the makers, Aishwarya was replaced, and Rani Mukerji was brought in to play the female lead.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview with Radio Nasha Official, Aziz opened up about the decision to replace Aishwarya with Rani in Chalte Chalte. When asked, \u201cWhat went wrong with Aishwarya? You started the film with her\u2026,\u201d a visibly disappointed Mirza politely declined to reveal the exact reason, saying, \u201cI don\u2019t know. Anyway, these are the areas we unfortunately\u2026\u201d When asked, \u201cKaafi shoot kar liya tha? (Had you shot a lot with her?),\u201d he clarified, \u201cNo, we had only shot the \u2018Prem Nagariya\u2019 song with her. We shot for just a day. Unfortunately, things didn\u2019t pan out the way we had hoped, and then Rani came on board.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This was the first time Aziz Mirza chose not to cast Juhi Chawla opposite Shah Rukh Khan, as his first three films had featured the duo as the leads. When asked if there was a reason for not casting Juhi in Chalte Chalte, Mirza explained that he felt it was time for a change. \u201cI just thought people might want to see someone different. Juhi would have been as good as anyone. Not that Rani was bad\u2014Rani was as good as ever,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Previously, a video of Shah Rukh Khan regretting replacing Aishwarya Rai<\/a> Bachchan in Chalte Chalte went viral. In the video, the actor can be heard saying, \u201cAs a producer, my hands were tied because I am not the only producer. I have a team of people. The collective decision of 10-11 people. We were also not been doing very well as producers. That was at stake. The whole company\u2019s reputation is at stake, we wanted to finish the film in three to four months. Personally, if you ask me, Aishwarya is very professional but I think we were a little saddened by the whole affair and we thought it wasn\u2019t meant to be. It was not superstition, it was a professional decision and even professionally we feel very bad. There\u2019s no two ways about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is said that Aishwarya Rai was dating Salman Khan<\/a> at that time and the latter allegedly created a ruckus on the film\u2019s set which forced the makers to replace her in Chalte Chalte.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n