A disappointing news, guys. Sridevi for the fifth time rejects Yash Chopra’s directorial movie against Amitabh Bachchan. We know that he has been trying to make her accept the project since 1999 which means Yash Chopra was waiting for almost 10 years for her to say yes. Sridevi said NO and now Yash even shelved the project as he did not think anyone but Sridevi will do justice to the role. Hmmmm another Sridevi rejection. here is the news from the Times of India “While people are speculating about who will star in Yash Chopra’s next directorial venture after Veer Zaara, here what Yash Chopra planned recently but failed to make it materialise. He approached Amitabh Bachchan and Sridevi to play the lead actors in his next film. While Bachchan agreed, Sridevi took some time to make up her mind.
Our source says, “Yash and Sridevi’s husband Boney Kapoor had a chat. Boney told Yash that he too was keen to re-launch his wife Sridevi in his own production and it would be better if Yash cast some other actress instead.”
Apparently, Bachchan was quite kicked about doing a Yash Chopra film with Sridevi. Our source adds, “Amar Singh tried to convince Boney to let Sridevi act in Yash’s film. Boney still did not relent.”
So why didn’t Yash cast someone else instead? Our source reveals, “Anybody else apart from Sridevi would have not suited the role. Besides, if Yash thinks of a subject, he has the actor and actress in mind. He put the project on the backburner when things did not work out with Sridevi.”
When contacted, Boney confirmed that Yash had planned a film with Bachchan and Sridevi. When we probed further, Boney said, “Amar Singh and Amitji must have been keen. But it didn’t happen due to some other reason, which I am not aware of.”
Amitabh and Sridevi had earlier starred together in Inquilab, AakhriRaasta, and Khuda Gawah and all the three films did reasonably well. Sridevi’s last film Judaai (1997) left the audience wanting more but her comeback of sorts on the small screen as a goofy Tamilian wife in Mrs Malini Iyer did not enjoy high viewership. However, Boney does not rule out re-launching Sridevi on the big screen. He said, “Sridevi’s comeback film has to have an extraordinary subject. It can’t be a run of the mill story.”
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