Overview

• In a new Mashable India interview reported by The Indian Express and News18, Soha Ali Khan says she was replaced on Paheli after Shah Rukh Khan came on board.
• She recounts that director Amol Palekar had approached her for the lead and asked her to leave her corporate role to prepare for several months.
• According to her account, Palekar later informed her that she would no longer play the part once Khan joined, and Rani Mukerji ultimately took the role.
• Khan says she had not signed any agreement or begun shooting, and she realized only later that without a contract a role is not assured.
• After losing the part, she made her screen debut in 2004 with the Bengali film Iti Srikanta and entered Bollywood the same year with Dil Maange More.