Shahrukh Khan rejected the makers' offer four times, but this film became a turning point in his career

Bollywood's King Khan, Shahrukh Khan is known as the King of Romance. But did you know that the film which earned him this title was something he had second thoughts about? Shahrukh had refused to work in this film four times, but perhaps something else was written in his fate and finally, Shahrukh played the lead role in the film. Today this film is considered an iconic hit, and we are talking about the 90s blockbuster film ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’.

When the makers offered Shahrukh Khan the lead role i.e. the character of Raj Malhotra in the film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, he clearly refused it at first. Shahrukh said that in this film he had to play the role of a college-going young boy, while at that time Shahrukh was 30 years old. The makers had also offered this film released in 1995 to Saif Ali Khan, but he also rejected the offer.

This film, directed by Aditya Chopra, cost 40 lakhs at that time to make. However, the film earned 102 crores. Out of this, 89 crores were collected in India and 13.5 crores were collected overseas.

According to reports, the makers wanted to sign Tom Cruise for this film, but it was not possible due to the budget. However, Shahrukh did this film despite saying no and it proved to be the turning point of his career.