Even though the two starred in several hit films, Shah Rukh and Aishwarya never got a real chance to romance on screen. At the Lux Golden Rose Awards, Shah Rukh spoke about it with sadness. He said, “In Josh, Aishwarya played my sister. In Devdas, she left me, and in Mohabbatein, she played a ghost. I never got the chance to romance her on screen, and I feel bad about it.”
Aishwarya was first chosen for Chalte Chalte, but Rani Mukerji replaced her. Reports suggested that Salman Khan, who was dating Aishwarya then, created problems on set, leading to her removal.