Did you know that Abhishek Bachchan starred in Aishwarya Rai’s biggest failure? This world-renowned figure rejected it.
Remakes have been a part of Bollywood culture for years, not just today. Bollywood has produced Hindi film remakes in addition to other languages. ‘Devdas’ is the first movie that springs to mind among these. Shah Rukh Khan played the lead in the remake, while Dilip Kumar played the lead in the original. Both critics and viewers praised both movies a great deal.
Aside from this, another movie had a fantastic remake, but it did not perform well at all in comparison to the original. The main character in this movie was played by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. In spite of high expectations, the movie failed. Additionally, when another Bollywood star attempted to sabotage their romance, her husband Abhishek Bachchan was spotted making out with Aishwarya Rai.
The first adaptation was a hit
Umrao Jaan Ada, one of the best Urdu novels ever written, was written in 1899 by poet and author Mirza Hadi Ruswa. The protagonist of the tale is a little girl who is sold to a brothel and grows up to become one of Lucknow’s most well-known courtesans. In Pakistan and India, the book has served as the basis for a number of television and movie adaptations. In India, the two most talked-about adaptations were the one with Rekha as the main character and the one with Aishwarya Rai. ‘Umrao Jaan’, directed by JP Dutta, starred Aishwarya Rai. Strong performers in significant parts included Abhishek Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Suniel Shetty, Divya Dutta, and Kulbhushan Kharbanda.
Priyanka was offered the film before Aishwarya
The film failed at the box office because of the public’s disapproval of the former Miss World’s acting and JP Dutta’s direction. “Umrao Jaan,” which cost Rs 15 crore to make, ended up being Aishwarya Rai’s biggest failure. It only made Rs 7.42 crore in India, according to the Box Office India webpage. Before ‘Umrao Jaan’ was out, JP Dutta had stated that Priyanka Chopra, not Aishwarya, was his first choice for the role. “I had reached a point where I had to make a decision,” the director told PTI in 2005. I desired to collaborate with Priyanka. She seemed like Umrao Jaan to me. However, we had reached a dead end.
Priyanka had clarified
He disclosed that because of her hectic schedule, Priyanka had turned down the movie. Speaking about turning down Umrao Jaan, Priyanka told PTI, “I had a lot of good projects before this role.” I was unable to provide JP Sahab with the dates he requested for ninety days in a row. while a lot is going on.
JP Dutta did not work for 12 years
‘Border’, the best war drama film in India, was made by JP Dutta in 1997. He delayed his next movie, “Paltan,” for 12 years because he was so disappointed by “Umrao Jaan’s” failure. In 2018, he returned to the film industry after a 12-year hiatus with this picture. The audience also disapproved of this war movie, which included actors Jackie Shroff, Arjun Rampal, Sonu Sood, Harshvardhan Rane, Sonal Chauhan, and Esha Gupta. ‘Border 2’ is currently being worked on by JP Dutta. For this movie, he has cast Varun Dhawan, Diljit Dosanjh, and Sunny Deol.
