When Salman Khan was asked to act as Aishwarya Rai's brother, here’s how he reacted

Did you know Salman Khan was asked to play Aishwarya Rai's brother in Josh, which was later played by Shah Rukh Khan

During the early 2000s, Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai were grabbing the headlines because of their relationship. Salman was head over heels in love with his Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam co-star and Aish was also very fond of him at the time.

Their relationship blossomed while shooting for the blockbuster Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, which is still being called one of that era's best films.

Post that, many films were offered to Salman-Aishwarya as the lead, but surprisingly one filmmaker had offered Salman to play the onscreen brother of his then-love interest Aishwarya. Yes, you heard it right.
 

According to IBTimes, 2000 film Josh director Mansoor Khan offered Salman the opportunity to play Aishwarya's rowdy brother. Learning that, Salman was surprised with the idea of playing Aish's brother. Later, Shah Rukh Khan took the role and rest is history.

In an interview, Aishwarya said, “I think the cast was meant to be Aamir Khan and Salman Khan at one point and eventually it became Shah Rukh and I think Aamir at some point was to play Chandrachur (Singh)’s role. So the cast kept changing at different points in time. So I had said yes to Mansoor.”

Till date, Aishwarya and Salman never cross paths as the breakup was too ugly and was one of the most-talked-about controversies of Bollywood.