Prosenjit Chatterjee reacts to turning down Salman Khan’s role in Maine Pyar Kiya: ‘Let us forget it’

However, only a few days ago, the actor had revealed the real reason behind turning down Maine Pyar Kiya. The actor told rediff.com that he was the one ‘selected for Maine Pyar Kiya’ and that he is still in touch with the Barjatyas till date: “Till today, I am in touch with the Barjatyas and Bhagyashree (the female lead of MPK).”

When asked what made him say no to Maine Pyar Kiya, which went on to become a big hit and establish Salman as one of the leading actors of Bollywood, Prosenjit said, “My Bengali film Amar Sangi with Vijayeta Pandit had became a huge hit. My dates were blocked, so much as I would have loved to do Maine Pyar Kiya, I had to reluctantly refuse the offer. I was doing a Bengali film with Pahlajji (Nihalani), who was a big producer then. Pahlajji came to me one day and said, ‘Puttar, I have a subject for a Hindi film, you must do it. You are a Bombay ka hero.’ Aandhiyan was a good subject though David Dhawan (director) was not too well known then. Mumtazji, like Madhuri (Dixit) today, is evergreen, but we were playing mother and son and it didn’t go down well with the public.”

Jubilee also stars Aditi Rao Hydari, Wamiqa Gabbi, and Shweta Basu Prasad among others. It will release on Amazon Prime Video on April 7.