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Sooraj Barjatya explained wherefore helium formed Shahid Kapoor alternatively of Salman Khan successful Vivah.
Actor Salman Khan and filmmaker Sooraj Barjatya started collaborating when they were some conscionable starting their careers. Their archetypal deed Maine Pyar Kiya made them stars and they continued to enactment with each different for implicit a decennary aft that successful films similar Hum Aapke Hain Koun and Hum Saath Saath Hain but erstwhile Sooraj decided to marque Vivah, helium felt that Salman didn’t look guiltless capable for the role. Sooraj shared the aforesaid successful a caller interrogation wherever helium besides said that Salman was aged for the quality of Prem successful that film.
In a chat with Digital Commentary, Sooraj was asked why, aft moving extensively with Salman successful galore of his films, helium decided to formed Shahid successful the pb role. To this, Sooraj explained that ever since helium knew helium wanted to go a filmmaker, “I decided I volition not compromise.” He said that Vivah went into accumulation aft the monolithic nonaccomplishment of Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon, which starred Kareena Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan and Hrithik Roshan.
He shared that soon aft the film’s failure, Salman called him and asked to collaborate. “After Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon flopped, Salman called and said ‘let’s enactment connected something’. But astatine that time, I didn’t person a communicative for Salman and this was a communicative that my begetter had fixed me,” Sooraj shared recalling the real-life communicative that was the genesis of Vivah.
Sooraj said that helium knew Salman wouldn’t acceptable successful Vivah arsenic helium wanted idiosyncratic who would look guiltless and appeared overmuch younger. “When I decided I privation to marque this, I knew Salman wouldn’t acceptable present due to the fact that helium was a large star,” helium said and added, “Isme bholapan chahiye, umar chahiye aur umar toh kisiki rukegi nahi. Toh fir yeh Shahid aur Amrita ki casting hui. (This needed innocence and age, and property doesn’t halt for anyone. That’s however I formed Shahid and Amrita.)”
Before this, Salman and Sooraj had worked unneurotic connected Hum Saath Saath Hain. It was during the sprout of this movie successful Rajasthan that Salman was accused of shooting blackbucks. In 2024, Salman’s location was changeable astatine by alleged supporters of Lawrence Bishnoi successful transportation to the aforesaid case. Salman and Sooraj’s adjacent collaboration happened successful 2015 with Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, besides starring Sonam Kapoor.
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