Shah Rukh Khan Film Raees: Shahrukh Khan’s film ‘Raees’, released in 2017, was a blockbuster. Pakistani superstar Mahira Khan made a big debut in Bollywood with this film. The film was directed by Rahul Dholakia and ‘Raees’ was produced by Red Chillies Entertainment and Excel Entertainment. But, do you know why ‘Raees’ Pakistani actress Mahira Khan was cast? You will be shocked to know the reason for this.
,noble’ These actress names were being considered for
In an interview with casting director Mukesh Chhabra, director Rahul Dholakia recently revealed that someone from Deepika Padukone, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Anushka Sharma is in talks to play the lead role opposite Shah Rukh Khan in ‘Raees’. Was. However, Pakistani actress Mahira Khan got the lead role in ‘Raees’ after the recommendation of Savita Chhibber, mother of Shahrukh Khan’s wife Gauri Khan. Incidentally, Mahira Khan was in Mumbai during the casting process and hence she was finalised.
An actress was wanted who could speak Hindu and Urdu languages.
Rahul Dholakia further added, “We wanted an actress to play the character of a Muslim girl of the 1980s. So, our first priority was to choose an actress who could speak good Hindi, and if she could even speak a little Urdu. It is even better if she knows the language. We also wanted our heroine to have innocence and Shahrukh was 50 years old, so we wanted a heroine who was at least 30 years old, now (in India) there are very few actresses. Who are 30 years old with good Hindi and who have innocence, we had Deepika, Kareena and Anushka, who met the criteria.”
He further added, “But now, the problem with them was that they were too expensive and the role was too small for them. Then we saw a complete list which included Sonam and Katrina. At the end, we realized that they were our He was not really suitable for this role. Shahrukh Khan Couldn’t romance Alia Bhatt!”
Mahira Khan’snoble’ How was the casting done?
Talking about Gauri Khan’s mother’s role in Mahira Khan’s casting, Rahul Dholakia said, “Then Gauri (Khan)’s mother had seen Mahira and my mother had seen her in some Pakistani television show. Both of them Said, ‘This girl is good.’ Honey Trehan was casting for us and asked if he knew Mahira. He said, ‘She is here for some promotional work.’ After the audition, I announced that ‘I have found my Asiya.’
Made with a budget of Rs 70 crores’noble’ had earned 300 crores
Despite being the most pirated Hindi film of 2017, Raees became the sixth highest-grossing Hindi film of 2017. Made on a budget of Rs 70 crore, Raees grossed over Rs 300 crore worldwide.
