Director Mani Ratnam has revealed that he had planned to reunite Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol for his 2000 smash ‘Alaipayuthey’, but he scrapped the plan when he couldn’t reach the film’s conclusion.
Rani Mukerji and Vivek Oberoi starred in the Hindi version of the romantic musical ‘Saathiya’, which was originally filmed in Tamil and featured R. Madhavan and Shalini.
Two young individuals elope and get married in the film, but problems arise in their marriage quickly.
‘Alaipayuthey’ is all about one day. They keep going back to that day when the accident happens and his wife goes missing. He’s trying to find her.
That component was thus unavailable for Ratnam at that moment. This is why they switched to ‘Dil Se’, Ratnam revealed at the G5A Retrospective open forum.