bollywood actor Isha KoppikarKnown for her roles in Don, Kyaa Kool Hai Hum, Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?, 36 China Town and more, she recently opened up about the biggest regret of her life. Isha admitted that she was approached for a role in Farhan Akhtar’s directorial debut Dil Chahta Hai, which released in 2001. However, due to a prior commitment, Isha turned down the film.
Speaking to Bollywood Bubble about the same, Isha said, “The biggest regret of my life is refusing to do Dil Chahta Hai. I had signed the film Pyaar Ishq Mohabbat, and I could have easily told the producer and the director that I also want to do Dil Chahta Hai or that I want to leave their film for Dil Chahta Hai, but I had no one to guide me at that time, and my values in life are so high that once I commit to something, I don’t. listen to myself. I think this dialogue of Salman Khan is for my life.”
He added, “I thought how can I betray them after signing their film? I feel I should have done some jugaad. I could have done both or chosen Dil Chahta Hai because unfortunately, Pyar Ishq Mohabbat did not become such a big hit and Dil Chahta Hai was like a cult film.”
For the unversed, Isha was approached for the role of Pooja, the character paired opposite Saif Ali Khan in Dil Chahta Hai. The role eventually went to Sonali Kulkarni.
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Although Isha missed the opportunity to work with Farhan in Dil Chahta Hai, she later played a pivotal role in his film Don, starring Shah Rukh Khan. In an old interaction with Galatta India, Isha shared that she got the role in Don thanks to Farhan’s father Javed Akhtar and stepmother Shabana Azmi, who liked her performance in D. “Shabana ji and Javed saab called me after my performance in D, where I played Chunky Panday’s wife, where gangsters hold me and he is killed in front of me and I am crying and howling to save my husband. And I get a call from them and “My trophy for that was Don,” he said.