Salman Khan chopped hair and shot with Kareena Kapoor Khan for Bajirao Mastani, here’s why they weren’t part of the film

Bajirao Mastani is one of the critically acclaimed films in Bollywood. Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, and Priyanka Chopra starrer has gained the status of an iconic film in Indian cinema. The film released in 2015 was in making since 2003. Apparently, the trio headline the film at the final stage was not the first choice of director Sanjay Leela Bhansali. He wanted to make the film with Salman Khan who also shot for the look test with Kareena Kapoor Khan but things didn’t materialize and the movie went to Ranveer, Deepika, and Priyanka after a decade. Read on to know more about the development

For the unversed, Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan were the first choice of SSanjay Leela Bhansali who had created Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam with the duo. The director wanted to cast Salman as Bajirao, Aishwarya as Mastani, and Rani Mukerji as Kashibai. However, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam couple had an ugly breakup and parted ways. It went impossible for SLB to bring the magic of the duo back to screens. Initially, Aishwarya Rai was to play Deepika Padukone’s character and later Kareena Kapoor was considered for the same.