Ameesha Patel Reveals REAL Reason For Rejecting Shah Rukh Khan's Chalte Chalte: 'There Was a Divide...'

Ameesha Patel was recently seen in Gadar 2 opposite Sunny Deol. Gadar 2 is the sequel to the 2001 film Gadar: Ek Prem Katha. Ameesha was offered the role of Sakeena in the original film soon after her debut in Kaho Na Pyaar Hai opposite Hrithik Roshan. Both films performed well at the box office. Ameesha had earlier revealed which films she turned down that later on became huge box-office successes and included Shah Rukh Khan starrer Chalte Chalte in her list. She has now revealed the real reason behind not doing the film.

Speaking to Siddharth Kanan, Ameesha said that she met Shah Rukh Khan in the dubbing studio when she was working on Humraaz. The actor said that he would like to show Ameesha a snippet of the film she had “rejected”. She said, “Mujhe pata hi nahi tha ki that film was offered to me. There were people who played… people who were managing your work, there was a divide like this.”

“For a long time, there was a hierarchy of secretaries and managers, they didn’t let projects get to the actor. There was a lot of that,” she added. Ameesha said that many directors were “scared” to approach her. She said, “Yashi ji, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Sajid Nadiadwala, lots of people… they said we were scared to approach you because of the person managing you.”

Meanwhile, on the work front, speculations are rife that Abbas and Mustan are all set to helm a sequel to their 2002 romantic thriller Humraaz after 22 years. Reportedly, Abbas-Mustan along with producer Ratan Jain are keen on bringing back Bobby and Akshaye to reprise their characters.

Whether Ameesha will also be a part of the second part of Humraaz is still unclear. When News18 Showsha reached out to her, she revealed that though she has been in the loop for a sequel for a long time now, she’s still unsure if the makers have locked a script.