Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukerji starrer, Chalte Chalte is still loved by many people. Produced by Dreamz Unlimited (later transformed into Red Chillies Entertainment), the movie garnered the lead actors immense love from the audience. However, not many know that Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai were the first choice for Chalte Chalte, and they had even begun shooting for the film. But in a major turn of events, Aishwarya was replaced midway by Rani Mukerji.

Shah Rukh Khan regretted replacing Aishwarya Rai in Chalte Chalte

During his appearance on the chat show, Rendezvous With Simi Garewal, Aishwarya Rai revealed that she was replaced from Chalte Chalte without any explanation. Now, a video of Shah Rukh Khan has surfaced on Reddit, in which he opened up about his decision to replace Aishwarya and confessed that he regretted doing so. SRK called Aishwarya, a very close friend, and mentioned that he genuinely felt sorry for the latter. He was heard saying:

“Very saddened at the fact that Aishwarya was a very close friend, I have done some really marvelous films with her and I genuinely mean that. She has been one of my favourite co-actresses and we’ve done some really nice work — Josh, Mohabbatein, Devdas — and enjoyed together, and we get along really well. Personally, it is very saddening not to… for something to reach at this level. I feel very sorry about it and I genuinely do.”