Filmmaker and choreographer Farah Khan has made a big revelation. He told that Sushmita Sen was not the first choice for the role opposite Shahrukh Khan in his directorial debut film ‘Main Hoon Na’ released in 2004.

Sameera Reddy was her first choice for Sushmita Sen’s classic role. Farah told this in her recent conversation with Sameera Reddy in her YouTube vlog. Farah said, “I saw you for the first time in the music video ‘Aahista Kiye Baatein’.

You were wearing Indian traditional clothes and were looking very beautiful. I thought that the role of Chandni in ‘Main Hoon Na’ would be perfect for you. Sameera Reddy was shocked at this revelation and asked Farah, “Oh God! Then why didn’t you take me?”

Farah replied that the situation had changed by then. He told, “Because you had done ‘Maine Dil Tujhko Diya’.” This film was Sameera’s Bollywood debut film with Sohail Khan in the year 2002. According to Farah, Sameera’s image and projects had changed at that time, hence the decision went in favor of Sushmita Sen.

Sameera was very happy at this revelation, but also looked a little disappointed. She said that she regretted this because ‘Main Hoon Na’ was one of the biggest hit films of that era. Shahrukh Khan is in the lead role in ‘Main Hoon Na’. In the film, Sushmita Sen played the character of Chandni, who is a college professor.

Her glamorous and elegant look in saree was liked by the audience very much and is remembered even today. The film was a super hit at the box office and proved to be a great start to Farah Khan’s directorial career. At the same time, Sameera Reddy has worked in films like ‘Darna Mana Hai’, ‘Musafir’, ‘No Entry’, ‘Race’ after ‘Maine Dil Tujhko Diya’.

She has distanced herself from mainstream cinema. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, Sameera is living in Goa with her family and keeps coming and going to Mumbai when needed.

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Recently there was news that a sequel to Shahrukh Khan’s film ‘Main Hoon Na’ is going to be made. As soon as this news came, the fans became very happy. It was said in the reports that Farah Khan and Shahrukh Khan have joined hands for this film and people are expecting that this hit pair will once again create a stir at the box office. Meanwhile, Farah Khan herself has given her opinion on this, which has been surprising for the fans.

Fans’ enthusiasm and success of re-release
The re-release of ‘Main Hoon Na’ in November 2025 proved that some films never get old. Even after 20 years, theaters were housefull and people demanded extra shows. After the success of the film, talks of the sequel ‘Main Hoon Na 2’ had started. People’s expectations increased that this pair could return to the big screen again.

Farah Khan’s clarification regarding sequel
According to a recent report, Shahrukh Khan and Farah Khan are going to come together again after Happy New Year 2014 and the scripting stage of ‘Main Hoon Na 2’ is in progress. On this, Farah Khan told ETimes that such news should not be believed immediately. He clearly said that right now there is no definite plan on ‘Main Hoon Na 2’. Don’t give false hopes to the fans.

Shahrukh will be seen in this film
Meanwhile, Shahrukh Khan will soon be seen in the film ‘King’. Deepika Padukone, Suhana Khan and Abhishek Bachchan will also be with him in the film. The special thing is that Shahrukh and Suhana will be seen together on the big screen for the first time. Fans are very excited to see both of them together.

The magic of Shahrukh’s previous hit films
Let us tell you that Shahrukh Khan created a stir in the year 2023. His three films Pathan, Jawan and Danky proved to be hits. Now the eyes of the fans are fixed on ‘King’, how much they like this film and whether Shahrukh will be able to rule the box office again.

National Award winner and the country’s biggest superstar Shahrukh Khan is still ruling millions of hearts. His film journey spanning over three decades is currently being celebrated in the form of Shahrukh Khan Film Festival, which started yesterday and has created tremendous excitement across the country.

Shahrukh’s films released again in theaters

In this festival, some of the most famous and favorite films of Shahrukh Khan are being shown in theaters across the country. This event has become a big celebration of his brilliant film journey. These include films like ‘Om Shanti Om’ and ‘Main Hoon Na’, which have received tremendous response. Due to huge demand from the audience, extra shows have been added in many metro cities, and both the films are on the verge of getting full houses almost everywhere.

TERRIFIC RESPONSE TO #OmShantiOm and #MainHoonNa re-releases. #PVRINOX might add EXTRA SHOWS due to HEAVY DEMAND in Metros. pic.twitter.com/NwDOHqAO2b

— Aavishkar (@aavishhkar) October 31, 2025

“Chaiya Chaiya” people dancing to the song

Fans are seen dancing, clapping and celebrating inside the theatres. All this shows that even today people’s love and passion for Shahrukh Khan has not diminished. Shahrukh Khan’s Om Shanti Om has again refreshed the old memories in the hearts of the audience, people are enjoying the film ‘Dil Se’ a lot and even today they are seen dancing to the song “Chainya Chainya”.

Just watched the re-release of #OmShantiOm and it’s a HOUSEFULL SHOW Still the film’s nostalgic charm @iamsrk @RedChilliesEnt

Thank You So Much @kundanAbde2021 Brother to go with Saath #OmShantiOm #ShahRukhKhan #HousefullShow #FarahKhan #SRK pic.twitter.com/hMzcVfdeey

— Shani (@JrYadav1409) October 31, 2025

31 Shahrukh Khan Film Festival started from October

Shahrukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment recently launched Bad*s of Bollywood directed by Aryan Khan, which proved to be a big hit. Taking this success forward, Shahrukh Khan Film Festival has started from 31st October. This is a golden opportunity for the audience to see his wonderful films from ‘Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na’ to ‘Jawaan’ again on the big screen, a journey that reminds of the different eras of SRK and which the audience is celebrating with equal love even today.

Blockbuster response
Dil se in Ahmedabad

KING CARNAGE ON SRKDAY pic.twitter.com/x4qTmHo4n7

— shalin (@Bawrasrkian) October 31, 2025

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The film industry is in shock due to the demise of veteran actor Satish Shah. Famous for his excellent comic timing and memorable characters, Satish Shah’s career lasted for almost 50 years. He once told that he had refused to play the role of a spitting professor in the film ‘Main Hoon Na’ because he found the role “disgusting”. But later Shahrukh Khan and Farah Khan convinced him to do this role.

Shahrukh celebrated Satish like this
While talking to Bollywood Bubble, Satish Shah had said, “I thought, what a disgusting role this is! I wanted to play the role of the principal, which was done by Boman Irani. But Shahrukh told me, ‘Satish bhai, you have done many such roles and anyone can do it. But only you can do this role, we cannot think of anyone else in it.'”

Satish Shah further said, “Both Shahrukh and Farah Khan together put me on the gram tree. That’s how I decided to do that role, but it was not at all easy to do.”

Satish Shah- It was not easy at all

Satish Shah told, “It was not at all easy. I used to keep some water in my mouth and speak certain words in such a way that the water came out like splashes while speaking. He further said that doing the scene of spitting on the superstar’s face was difficult in itself. But Shahrukh Khan made it even more difficult because every time I did it, he would laugh. I used to do the scene very hard, but Shahrukh would laugh and we had to do retakes.

Had to take eight retakes
Satish recalled, “Once we had to take 8 retakes. I got angry and said, ‘After this I will not do this scene.’ Everyone on the set was laughing so hard that they fell off their chairs. Then I gave the eighth shot, and Shahrukh laughed again, finally the insert shot of Zayed had to be used in that scene.