{"id":49565,"date":"2024-01-18T22:45:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T22:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/what-shahrukh-khan-was-first-choice-for-munna-bhai-3-idiots\/"},"modified":"2024-01-18T22:45:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T22:45:04","slug":"what-shahrukh-khan-was-first-choice-for-munna-bhai-3-idiots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/what-shahrukh-khan-was-first-choice-for-munna-bhai-3-idiots\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT! Shahrukh Khan was first choice for ‘Munna Bhai’, ‘3 Idiots’?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Do you know? Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan was the first choice of filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani for lead roles in \u2018Munna Bhai M.B.B.S\u2019<\/em> and \u20183 Idiots\u2019<\/em>. Can you imagine him as Murli Prasad Sharma and Ranchhoddas Chanchad?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Khan and Hirani finally had their first project together \u2018Dunki\u2019<\/em>, after 20 years of the latter being part of the Indian cinema. But believe it or not, the two could have collaborated much earlier in their careers, or Hirani could have even started his career with SRK if things had worked out as planned.<\/p>\n

Reportedly, Khan was locked to play the titular lead in Hirani\u2019s debut project, \u2018Munna Bhai M.B.B.S\u2019<\/em> but could not begin shooting due to a back injury before Sanjay Dutt had to step in. Not only this, the title was even delayed by 10 months because of him, as revealed by an actor.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview with an Indian media outlet, actor Khurshed Lawyer, who played roommate Swami to Dutt\u2019s character and was also a part of the recently released \u2018Dunki\u2019<\/em>, made a revelation saying, \u201cMunna Bhai MBBS<\/em> went on floors. It got delayed for nearly 10 months due to Shahrukh Khan\u2019s back injury.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cEventually, things moved with Sanjay Dutt. In my personal opinion, Munna Bhai wouldn\u2019t have been Munna Bhai without Sanjay Dutt and Dunki wouldn\u2019t have been Dunki without Shahrukh Khan. They both were meant to do their respective characters. It was God\u2019s will, I guess,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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In an earlier interview, the \u2018Pathaan\u2019<\/em> actor also revealed that he signed \u20183 Idiots\u2019<\/em> and was even involved in the casting process with Hirani, but had to step back due to a conflicting filming schedule with another title which got delayed.<\/p>\n

Both of these cult hits by Hirani are among some of the most-loved films of Indian cinema and witnessed major critical and commercial success upon release.<\/p>\n

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