Aamir Khan, Twinkle Khanna, and Faisal Khan starrer Mela is celebrating 25 years of its launch. The movie was launched on January 7, 2000. Reminiscing previous reminiscences concerning the movie, director Dharmesh Darshan recalled how Aishwarya Rai was the preliminary selection for the movie, and he additionally wished to forged her in Raja Hindustani.
Whereas talking with Bollywood Hungama, Dharmesh Darshan remembered Aishwarya Rai being the primary selection for Mela. “She was additionally my first selection for the function of Memsaab in Raja Hindustani. My coronary heart was on her. However she urgently needed to go for Miss World. I did not need to take any probabilities as I wished an actress who might commit her full time to the movie and Bollywood. It was her sheer grace that she did not maintain it in her coronary heart,” he mentioned.
He additional added that it was the rationale that Aishwarya agreed to do the cameo in Mela for him reverse Faisal Khan and never Aamir Khan. He heaped reward on the actress for agreeing to do it and driving a few hours to shoot that scene, contemplating she had labored with the likes of Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, and Aamir Khan.
Upon being requested how web customers have opined that Aish ought to have extra display time within the movie. In response to this, the veteran filmmaker smiled and admitted ladies telling him, “‘Kya sir; aapne Aishwarya ko cameo diya aur Twinkle Khanna ko itna bada function de diya (What sir, you gave a cameo to Aishwarya and such a giant function to Twinkle Khanna)’!”
Throughout the dialog, Darshan additionally recalled that the music, Chori Chori Hum Gori Se, performed throughout Aish’s scene, was bought by Hollywood for The Guru. He additionally shared that his songs, Pardesi Pardesi and Pucho Zara Pucho from Raja Hindustani, have been part of the soundtrack of V For Vendetta and performed within the background in Kate Winslet-starrer Holy Smoke, respectively.
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