Madhu reveals that Karisma Kapoor turned down her role in the 1993 film ‘Pehchaan’: ‘Obviously I wasn’t the first choice…’

Veteran actress Madhu has revealed that her role in the 1993 action drama ‘Pehchaan’ was first rejected by Karisma Kapoor, along with many other leading actresses of that time. The actress recently spoke about how the part eventually came to her.

Let’s find out more about what she revealed.

Madhu reveals that Karisma Kapoor rejected the role of “Beheshan”.

Speaking to IANS, Madhu shared that after learning that many leading ladies had rejected the role of Tina Verma, she decided that she would play the role. “The more people told me that the lead actors said no to it, the more the lead heroines said no to it. Obviously I wasn’t the first choice, I think; they went to many people at that time. They all said no, and then it came to me,” she told IANS.

The more I knew that many actors had turned down the role, the more certain I was that I wanted to do it, so I was proud of this film.

“When asked who turned down the role, the ‘Roja’ actor added, “One of the names I recognized was Karisma Kapoor and I don’t know who else. But I was told that 2-3 of them turned it down.”

More about “Behchan”

Talking about the film Pehchaan, which was produced under the direction of Deepak Shivdasani, and the project stars Sunil Shetty,

Saif Ali Khan

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Shilpa Shirodkar

Madhu stars in pivotal roles alongside Raza Murad and Kiran Kumar.

Siddharth Rai

And Avtar Gill and Beena Banerjee as supporting actors. Anand Milind composed the film’s music while Sameer wrote the lyrics. The film was released in cinemas on October 8, 1993.

Madhu film journey

Madhoo made her Hindi film debut with ‘Phool Aur Kaante’ in 1991 opposite Ajay Devgn. After that, she became a part of many hit songs, including ‘Roja’ (1992), ‘Allari Priyudu’ (1992), ‘Yoddha’ (1992), and ‘Gentleman’ (1993).