The friendship between Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan is years old, both are always seen standing for each other. Shahrukh Khan has worked in many great films in his career. He has given many blockbuster films. Now he has two films worth Rs 1000 crore each. 21 years ago, a film of Shahrukh Khan was released, during the shooting of this film, Shahrukh got injured, after which he suggested the makers to cast Salman Khan.
This film was none other than ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’. This film was directed by Nikhil Advani and he has shared this story with Mirchi Plus. Recently ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’ has received tremendous response after its re-release. Nikhil Advani told how Shahrukh Khan had expressed his intention of not doing the film by calling Karan Johar, who wrote and supported this film.
Shahrukh had taken this decision 21 years ago
The filmmaker told that Shahrukh Khan was shooting the popular diary scene of the film. However, it was filmed differently, which was later scrapped and they re-shot it at a railway station. After shooting a scene, the actor realized that he would not be able to continue shooting and needed immediate medical help. Nikhil said, “After doing a scene, he called us and said that it will not be possible for me, you guys do one thing. I will call Salman, make it with Salman.”
Shahrukh was given bed rest for 6 months
Shahrukh Khan took such a big decision because his back injury had worsened. He had to immediately go to Germany and undergo surgery. Shahrukh was asked to take 6 months rest to recover from his back injury. In such a situation, Shahrukh felt that the makers would not wait. But when Nikhil and Karan Johar decided that they would wait for Shahrukh to recover.