{"id":499054,"date":"2026-05-23T12:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T12:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/499054\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T12:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T12:55:14","slug":"yash-chopra-aishwarya-rai-was-considered-for-juhi-chawlas-role-in-darr-but-yash-chopra-said-maybe-it-wont-work-out-read-the-reason-here-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/499054\/","title":{"rendered":"Yash Chopra: Aishwarya Rai was considered for Juhi Chawla\u2019s role in \u2018Darr\u2019, but Yash Chopra said ‘maybe it won\u2019t work out’; Read the reason here | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Aishwarya Aishwarya Rai<\/a> Bachchan was once in the running for the lead female role in Yash Chopra<\/a>\u2019s 1993 film \u2018Darr\u2019, which later went to Juhi Chawla<\/a>. Costume designer Neeta Lulla revealed that Aishwarya had done look tests for the film before her Miss World journey changed the plan. The role finally went to Juhi, while Shah Rukh Khan and Sunny Deol starred in the thriller that became one of Hindi cinema\u2019s most discussed films.<\/p>\n

Aishwarya Rai\u2019s \u2018Darr\u2019 look test<\/p>\n

Speaking to Bollywood Hungama, Neeta Lulla revealed that Aishwarya Rai was once considered for \u2018Darr\u2019. The fashion designer spoke about the casting detail during an interview with Bollywood Hungama. She said she first meet Aishwarya in Yash Chopra\u2019s office, where the filmmaker was considering her for \u2018Darr\u2019.Lulla said, \u201cI met Aishwarya for the first time in late Yash (Chopra) ji\u2019s office, where he was contemplating casting her for Darr.\u201dShe added, \u201cI don\u2019t think many people know this. So we did a look test of sorts and he called me and said let\u2019s do a look test with her. When I saw her, Yash ji and I discussed and we said she\u2019s beautiful. But he said maybe it won\u2019t work out because she is going for the Miss World Pageant and she went away and that happened.\u201dAishwarya later won Miss World in 1994. Her film career began soon after, and she went on to work in several major titles across Hindi and Tamil cinema.<\/p>\n

Neeta Lulla on working with Aishwarya Rai<\/p>\n

After \u2018Darr\u2019, Aishwarya made her acting debut in Mani Ratnam\u2019s \u2018Iruvar\u2019 in 1997. She later appeared in films such as \u2018Jeans\u2019, \u2018Aa Ab Laut Chalen\u2019, \u2018Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam\u2019, \u2018Taal\u2019 and \u2018Devdas\u2019.Neeta Lulla later designed Aishwarya\u2019s costumes for Shankar\u2019s \u2018Jeans\u2019. The film became one of Aishwarya\u2019s early big-screen projects and featured her in elaborate looks.The designer said Aishwarya had asked her to design the whole film for her. Lulla enjoyed working on the large-scale project and felt proud of the costumes she created for \u2018Jeans\u2019.The casting note adds another chapter to Aishwarya\u2019s early career, before she became one of Indian cinema\u2019s most recognized actors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was once in the running for the lead female role in Yash Chopra\u2019s 1993 film…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[263],"tags":[12517,2157,217007,18,117,19,11368,17,36570,217008,327,217009,3770,72634],"class_list":["post-499054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-aishwarya-rai","tag-bollywood","tag-darr","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-indian-cinema","tag-ireland","tag-juhi-chawla","tag-miss-world","tag-movies","tag-neeta-lulla","tag-shah-rukh-khan","tag-yash-chopra"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116624001356012258","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}