Rani Mukerji replaces Kajol Mukherji in Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna

Rani Mukerji replaces Kajol Mukherji in Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna

Rani Mukerji replaced Kajol in the Karan Johar directorial.
Infact, Kajol rejected the film, as she was not in sync with the character.

The collaboration between Director Karan Johar and his collaboration with Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol have always spelt box office records.

Notably, Karan Johar embarked on his film career with the iconic SRK-Kajol with
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai which turned out to be 1998’s highest-grossing film. The filmmaker repeated SRK-Kajol in his second directorial, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gam.

For his third directorial, Karan wanted to bring back Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol again. But Kajol backed out and Rani Mukerji replaced her in the film

Shah Rukh shared screen space with Priety Zinta, and Rani played the on-screen wife of Abhishek Bachchan. The movie was based on the theme of adultery, where Dev Saran (SRK) and Maya (Rani) are unhappy with their married lives. They come together and find solace.

By the end, Maya is separated from Rishi Talwar (Abhishek), and Riya (Preity) divorces Dev. Before Rani Mukerji, Karan approached Kajol for Maya, but she rejected the film and even revealed the reason.

In the Koffee with Karan with SRK and Rani, Kajol said that she was not in sync with Maya. When Karan asked her why she did not want to do the film.

Kajol went on to say that she was not agreeing to Maya in the film adding that the Kajol was the kind of woman who would try to save the marriage instead of breaking it. She would not end her marriage like the character in the film.

Notably, the film was made for a whopping Rs 50 crores and the movie grossed Rs 60.28 crore in India, and Rs 50.92 overseas, taking the worldwide gross to Rs 111.20 crores. The movie received mixed reviews from critics and audiences and was called average.

News Edit K.V.Raman