Upasana Singh reveals SHOCKING truth, says she was first choice for Maine Pyar Kiya but was rejected because she was taller than Salman Khan

Maine Pyar Kiya grew to alter into one of many most iconic movies in Bollywood. The film launched Salman Khan and Bhagyashree as main actors in the commerce. Sooner than Maine Pyar Kiya, Salman had seemed in a small role in the film Biwi Ho Toh Aisi. On the assorted hand, the director of the film, Sooraj Barjatya, auditioned a whole lot of actresses for the role of Suman, including Upasana Singh.

In a fresh interview, Upasana revealed that she become once no longer chosen for the film attributable to her high. She talked about that she become once taller than Salman Khan, which led the makers to deem towards casting her as Suman. She recalled that although director Sooraj Barjatya had chosen her for the role after her initial audition, his father, Raj Kumar Barjatya, did no longer earn her staunch for the persona of Suman.

For the length of a conversation with Siddharth Kannan, Upasana reflected on the incident and said, “He instructed me everything in regards to the film, my role, and he chosen me. After that, he said, ‘You attain the next day and meet my father, but from my discontinue, you are k.’ The next day, I met his father, and he rejected me. They are very sweet folks, so he didn’t squawk ‘rejected,’ but they didn’t name me again.”

Upasana talked about that years later, while working with Rajshri Productions on the film Predominant Prem Ki Diwani Hoon, Raj Kumar Barjatya shared that Upasana become once their first replacement for Maine Pyar Kiya.

Recalling an narrative from the placement, she shared, “He said, ‘End you know who become once our first replacement for Maine Pyar Kiya?’ Kareena, Abhishek, and Hrithik had been all there. I had never instructed somebody about it attributable to I lost the role. Then he said, ‘It become once Upasana.’ All people become once apprehensive. I said, ‘But attributable to you, I didn’t accumulate the role.’ He smiled and said, ‘If I had chosen you, then you may perhaps presumably comprise also left the movies treasure Bhagyashree.’”

Singh also disclosed that her high become once the major motive she wasn’t thought of for the role. Reflecting on the incident, she said, “He instructed me, ‘I'm no longer making an excuse, but you had been taller than Salman.’ That’s what I become once instructed. They wished somebody who become once a chunk of shorter than Salman, so that’s why they didn’t solid me. They weren't lying.”

Meanwhile, Maine Pyar Kiya turned out to be a extensive hit, and both Salman and Bhagyashree rose to stardom with the film.