Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Why did Aamir Khan turn down the movie 'Darr,' and how did Shah Rukh Khan end up with the role?

 Aamir Khan was already a huge name a much ,much bigger star than SRK and 4 years his senior

Not a rank newcomer like SRK after Deewana

He already had Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak

Qsqt halter the action hero era of Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra

Which was copied by the likes of Anil Kapoor and Mithun Chakraborty.

Dil which outgrossed Ghayal Sunny Deol who was the biggest superstar of the era

Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahi

&

Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar

Even SRK said he watched Qsqt in college

SRK movies like Raju Bangaya Gentleman

And

Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa

Were Aamir Khan rejects even Juhi Chawla when asked about the newcomer for Raju Bangaya Gentleman was said that he's like Aamir Khan

After the huge flop which was Lamhe Yash Chopra and Aamir Khan worked together in Parampara

Yash Chopra's first movie after Deewar which produced by an outside producer

Deewar by Gulshan Rai

And Parampara by Feroz Nadiadwala

Aamir Khan already a young superstar wanted a join narration with Sunny Deol

He was not okay with the fact that Sunny Deol would beat the shit out of him like he did too SRK in the movie he wanted a equal fight and Juhi Chawla killing his character.

He even said he didn't reject Darr he was removed from it.

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According to me Aamir Khan was a conventionally handsome person

Who was considered the future of Bollywood

Came from a very celebrated film family

had the option to reject someone like Yash Chopra

Who was struggling at the time Darr was his first big hit

after Trishul in 1978

Hell Aamir Khan even said no to the likes of Manmohan Desai who was unargulbaly bollywood's biggest filmmaker

Now SRK was in a different place altogether

He came in via TV

Had no film family backing only came to Bollywood to escape the sadness of his mother's death

Wasn't considered a conventionally handsome ,tall , strong bodied action hero like Sanjay Dutt and Akshay Kumar

Neither was considered a good looking romantic hero like Salman Khan

Had just started his career Was doing films like Deewana

Chamatkar

Dil Ashna Hai

With stalwarts like Jeetendra

and Rishi Kapoor etc

Was willing to experiment with an anti hero thriller movie like Baazigar

Had no qualms against playing a stalker villain in the traditional 90s

SRK even said too Guddu Dhanoa his first producer of Deewana if my 6 films don't work I'll go back to Delhi

But like Aamir Khan he also rejected big people like Feroz Khan

Shah Rukh Khan turned down several offers from Feroz Khan to work with him | Filmfare.com
According to the video, the filmmaker wanted to direct Shah Rukh Khan and he voiced his desire on several occasions.

Plus SRK was a huge fan of Yash Chopra

The first movie he ever watched was Joshila directed by Yash Chopra himself

& Readily agreed for Darr

Which created a long lasting partnership between SRK and yrf which till date stands

Hence I hope you understand that both Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan were at different places of there career.