Today is actress Juhi Chawla’s 57th birthday. Juhi is a brilliant actress of Hindi cinema. Actress Juhi Chawla, known for her bubbly smile, was born in 1967 in Ambala, Haryana. Juhi has shared the screen with many popular actors. He has done brilliant acting in many classic films like Darr, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, Swarg, Bol Radha Bol and Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, which is remembered even today.
Juhi won the title of Miss India in the year 1984 and in 1986, she got her first break in Bollywood from the film ‘Sultanat’. But do you know that Juhi was also going to be a part of BR Chopra’s famous TV show Mahabharata, but then something happened which separated her from the show.
B.R Chopra’s Mahabharata
37 years ago, a show came on Doordarshan which changed everyone’s TV watching experience. This show captivated everyone and gave an opportunity to every family to leave all their work for an hour on Sunday morning and watch this show. The name of this show that connected people was Mahabharata, which was created by BR Chopra. But even today there is a lot that people do not know about this show.
Juhi was going to get this role
Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla was also going to play the role of Draupadi in this show. According to a report in Indian Express, Juhi Chawla herself had revealed in an interview that she had got the role of Draupadi in Mahabharata. Even she got selected, but she left the show because of the film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak. It was BR Chopra who advised Juhi Chawla to leave the show Mahabharata and work in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak.
Why didn’t you do this role?
Juhi Chawla had told that she had met BR Chopra. He was a well-behaved person. He gave him a lot of respect. He took her screen test for the role of Draupadi. Even she got selected. But when he signed ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’, B. R Chopra asked him not to do his show. Leave the TV on. If his film is being made, then work in it. Juhi told that he accepted her request and backed her out of the show, after which this role was played by Rupa Ganguly, who was liked a lot.
