Saahil Chadha recalls Aditya Chopra offered him SRK’s role in ‘Darr’; got replaced after Yash Chopra took over

Saahil Chadha recalls Aditya Chopra offered him SRK’s role in ‘Darr’; got replaced after Yash Chopra took over

In a recent interview actor Saahil Chadha has revealed that he Aditya Chopra first offered him Shah Rukh Khan’s role in the thriller movie ‘Darr,’ directed by Aditya Chopra. He recalls that he had even given his consent, and the paperwork was to be completed after the Lamhe release

Ironically when Lamhe proved a debacle, Yash Chopra took over, and introduced Shah Rukh was as the lead actor in Darr.

Shah Rukh Khan received rave reviews for his brilliant performance in ‘Darr’. Reportedly SRK was taken aboard after Aamir Khan dropped out of the project.

Now, actor Saahil Chadha has revealed in an interview that he was initially offered the role of Shah Rukh’s character in the film when Aditya Chopra was directing it. Saahil recalled that Lamhe was in production at the time and the makers had thought of casting Deepak in the hero’s role.

Saahil shared that he was travelling at the time and when he came back, he learnt that Yash Chopra had taken over the film and had already made plans of casting SRK in the film.
Needless to say, Darr turned out to be a gamechanger for the superstar. The film also starred Sunny Deol and Juhi Chawla in lead roles.

News input KV Raman