One decision changed the fate of Ameesha Patel, why did she leave Salman Khan’s Tere Naam, now she has told the real reason

New Delhi . Bollywood’s famous film Tere Naam still holds a special place in the hearts of the audience and it is considered an important film in Salman Khan’s career, but very few people know that the first choice for this film was Ameesha Patel. Now after years, Ameesha Patel herself has revealed this and has also told why she had rejected this film.

Ameesha Patel told in a recent interview that when Salman Khan offered her Tere Naam, the film was in its initial stages. At that time the entire structure of the film was not ready but only a few songs and a basic story idea existed. Salman Khan was very excited about this project and he even made Ameesha sing the songs which she liked very much. Despite this, many uncertainties remained regarding the film.

According to Ameesha, at that time neither the schedule of the film was fixed nor was it clear who would direct it. The project remained stuck for a long time and names of different directors kept coming up. In such a situation, it became difficult for him as an artist to decide whether to leave his other films for this uncertain film.

She told that during that time she had already given her dates for many other films and was fully committed to her work. Sometimes the work in your name would give rise to hope of starting and sometimes it would get postponed due to which the situation became more complicated. For this reason he had to take the decision to leave this film.

Ameesha Patel also admitted that by the time the film was finally completed and Satish Kaushik took over the responsibility of direction, it was too late. By that time she was busy with her other projects and had no time left for this film. She said that if the film had a fixed director and a fixed schedule at that time, she would never have let this opportunity go.

Ameesha still regrets this decision because Tere Naam later proved to be a cult film. Salman Khan’s Radhe Mohan character in the film and his special hairstyle became a huge trend among the youth. Along with this, the music of the film was also a superhit which made it more popular.

After Ameesha rejected this role, this opportunity went to Bhumika Chawla, who entered Bollywood with this film and made her mark among the audience from the very first film. Tere Naam not only achieved success at the box office but was also included among the memorable films of Hindi cinema.

Today, when Ameesha Patel remembers this decision, she feels that it was a big missed opportunity in her career. This story once again proves how a decision taken at the right time in the film industry can change the direction and identity of an artiste.