Shah Rukh Khan starrer Chak De India is taken into account among the many best movies in his total profession. The film not solely impressed the viewers but additionally emerged as a giant cash spinner on the field workplace, regardless of opening low.
Nevertheless, not many know that Shah Rukh Khan wasn’t the primary option to play the lead position of Hockey coach Kabir Khan in Chak De India, nevertheless it was supplied to Salman Khan. So, let’s discover out the rationale why the sports activities drama could not materialize with Salman Khan.
A number of media studies claimed that Salman Khan had requested for a hefty remuneration for Chak De India. Due to the identical, Aditya Chopra did not work with him till Ek Tha Tiger (2012), the place the Megastar signed on his phrases.
When Salman Khan revealed motive behind turning down Chak De India
Throughout Sultan promotions in 2016, when Salman Khan was requested why he turned down Chak De, the actor jokingly mentioned, “I left it as a result of even Shah Rukh Khan ought to be part of a number of nice movies.” Moreover, the actor talked about that at the moment, his picture was not acceptable to play a sports activities coach like Kabir Khan. He identified that he left the film as a result of heroic expectations he carries amongst followers.
“After I was supplied Chak De, my picture was completely totally different as I used to be doing Companion and all these sorts of movies. My solely factor in Chak De was that my followers would anticipate me to put on a wig and win the match for India, which might not go for the movie. That was not my style at that time limit,” expressed Salman.
The actor highlighted that Chak De India was inclined in direction of critical cinema and had fewer business elements. He mentioned, “It was a extra critical sort of movie and I used to be doing extra of a business sort of cinema which I’m nonetheless doing. I might by no means transfer out of the business cinema zone however it’s simply that there can be lots of significant cinema within the business zone.”
For the unversed, Chak De India was directed by Shimit Amin. Launched in 2007, the film emerged because the second highest grosser of the yr, solely behind Om Shanti Om.
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