Do you know that Kajol and not Aishwarya Rai was the first choice to play the role of Shahrukh Khan’s sister in Josh?

Josh was a popular 2000 film that featured the rivalry between the Eagles and the Scorpions. While the gang leaders despised each other, they were taught about love and compassion by their siblings. In the film, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan played the role of Shah Rukh Khan’s twin sister, who leads a group. While her role became the talk of the town, filmmaker Mansoor Khan recently revealed that it was Kajol who was initially approached for the role.

During a conversation with India Now and How YouTube channel, the director said that he narrated Josh’s story to Kajol and wanted her to play the sister of Shah Rukh Khan’s character Max. Mansoor Khan said, “This is the biggest sacrilege after Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.” However, after hearing the story, the Do Patti actress got up and got ready to leave the filmmaker’s house.

When he asked if she was doing the film, Kajol replied, ‘No, I want to play Max’ and then walked away. At this point, Khan became concerned that no actress would want to play Max’s sister. But luckily Aishwarya Rai Bachchan agreed to do the film. Calling the Jodhaa Akbar actress a ‘complete professional’, Mansoor revealed that she never complained. According to him, Josh was his best film.

Further in the interview, Josh Helmer said that there was a lot of confusion regarding the casting of the lead character in the film. “I thought both characters were equally important,” he said. He said that I always had Shahrukh Khan in mind for the role of Max.

However, he also intended to cast Aamir Khan for the role of Rahul Sharma (played by Chandrachud Singh) in the film. When he shared the story with Mr. Perfectionist, he assumed he was playing the lead character.

At that time, Shahrukh had also rejected the offer to lead the show considering that the PK star was cast in the film. But thankfully, things went as per plan and the film was made with the most suitable cast. The romantic-action film emerged as a commercial success at the box office.