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Smriti Irani was offered Farhan Akhtar's film Dil Chahta Hai. Although he refused to audition for the film. Industry people even called him crazy for rejecting such a big offer. Smriti was firm on her decision. Smriti said that she wanted to become a mother, in such a situation she could not do heroine roles.
At the peak time of his career, he gave more importance to his family than money. Smriti said that at that time she used to get offers to advertise for Pan Masala and in return she used to get very good money. However, his faith did not allow him to do all this.
Deliberately gave up many opportunities at the peak of career
While talking to Brut, Union Minister and TV actress Smriti Irani said – I deliberately missed many opportunities at the peak of my career. I thought that I would never go to weddings. I will not add pan masala. There was a lot of money in it, but for me it was nothing more than principles.
The first episode of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi serial was telecast on 3 July 2000 while the final episode was telecast on 6 November 2008. Smriti played the role of Tulsi in it.
People said- Are you crazy?
Smriti said that she also had some family responsibilities. She did not want to do anything that would dishonor her family. He said- Because after just three months of working in Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, I got a queue of offers. It also included a big film like Dil Chahta Hai.
I was getting the role of the lead female character in it. Just had to audition for this. Since I was expecting a child at that time, I refused to audition. People asked me have you gone mad?
Let us tell you that Dil Chahta Hai was Farhan Akhtar's first directorial film. It starred Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshay Khanna, Preity Zinta and Dimple Kapadia in lead roles. The film was released in 2001 and was successful at the box office.
This film was released in 2001.
Had to repay the loan but still rejected the offer
If we talk about Smriti Irani, she has mentioned about pan masala ad in many old interviews. He had taken a huge loan. There were a lot of difficulties in repaying it. Then he got an offer to add Pan Masala. In return for doing this ad, she was getting 10 times more amount than the loan, but Smriti rejected that offer.