Kareena Kapoor was supposed to play Aishwarya Rai's role in ‘Devdas’
Kareena Kapoor had once called sanjay leela bhansali out for removing her from Devdas. Apparently, Kareena was supposed to play Paro, which was eventually played by aishwarya rai bachchan in the movie. Kareena had revealed that she “was” hurt with Sanjay after he suddenly replaced her despite giving her a signing amount for the movie.In a 2002 interview with Filmfare, Kareena was asked if she’d ever collaborate with Bhansali considering what happened between them. She said, “I’ll never. What he did to me was wrong. He screen-tested me for Devdas, gave me a signing amount, then took someone else. That was wrong, it hurt especially because I was at the start of my career. It’s okay, because the day he dropped me, I signed Yaadein. Sanjay hurt me. Even if I have no work, I’ll never work with him.”Devdas was released in 2002. Based on the 1917 novel of the same name by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, the film narrates the story of Devdas Mukherjee, a wealthy man who returns from london to marry his childhood friend, Parvati. However, the rejection of their marriage by his own family sparks his descent into alcoholism.