Khamoshi clocks 28 years: DYK Manisha Koirala wasn’t the first choice for the SLB film

Manisha Koirala told PTI that she wasn’t even in SLB’s original plans, despite the fact that her career took a significant turn after the positive reviews she received for her performance in this romantic musical.

“I had done Khamoshi 28 years ago, and I was not his first choice for the role. I remember we had become friends, and he just said, ‘Manisha, I have written this script, just go through it. You are not acting in it; Kajol and Madhuri are my choices,'” Manisha quipped.

The actress found the script to be creative and thereby told the director, “Ye dono nahi mili to main hoon, haan? (If these two don’t work out, I’m there).”

In the movie, the actress portrayed Annie Braganza, a musically inclined woman who must decide between taking care of her parents, who are deaf and mute and are portrayed by Nana Patekar and Seema Biswas, and pursuing her passion.

Salman Khan, Helen, Himani Shivpuri, and Raghubir Yadav all played significant roles in Khamoshi. Despite being a commercial failure at the box office, this Bhansali masterpiece eventually displaced one of the greatest Indian films ever made.

Manisha Koirala was also meant to collaborate with her friend Bhansali on his films Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Devdas, but things didn’t work out. This is something that many people are unaware of. This year, the pair got back together for the film’s digital premiere, Heeramandi.

In the same interview, Manisha, who had been out of the spotlight for some time, said she was “chilling, gardening, and in a different world altogether” in her native Kathmandu when she got the call for Heeramandi.

With Koirala portraying the matriarch Mallikajaan, the eight-episodic Netflix series examined India’s freedom struggle against the backdrop of Lahore’s Heeramandi. Due to its popularity, the show has already received a second season renewal.