Ameesha Patel, in a new interview, revealed that people had no faith in her and her co-star Hrithik Roshan ahead of the release of their debut film, Kaho Naa…Pyaar Hai.
Ameesha Patel made her debut in Bollywood with Rakesh Roshan’s 2000 romantic drama Kaho Naa…Pyaar Hai alongside Hrithik Roshan. The film upon its release, turned the two newbies into overnight sensation and minted big bucks at the box office.
Recently, in a chat with an entertainment portal, Ameesha Patel opened up on her debut movie and shared how certain people were against its launch. Elaborating on it, the Humraaz actress revealed that nobody had faith in her and her first co-star, Hrithik Roshan. She said that there was a lot of pressure on them since Abhishek Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor Khan were also launched in the industry at the same time.
Ameesha told Pinkvilla, “Everyone was against the launch because everyone had no faith in Hrithik, because, at the same time, Mr Amitabh Bachchan’s son Abhishek was being launched. I was non-filmy; Abhishek was being launched with Kareena, so this was a very underdog project till, of course, it actually came to the screens.”
The actress also added that the industry people had even suggested the film’s director Rakesh Roshan to change the release date of their film since Shah Rukh Khan’s Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani and Aamir Khan starrer Mela were releasing around the same time as Kaho Naa…Pyaar Hai.
“People asked Rakesh Roshan to change the release date because we had Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan’s Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani and Mela before and after us. And they said, ‘How can you bring these two nobodies in between these two hurricanes of films?’ Rakesh uncle said, ‘I’m not going to change. I have faith in my film,'” the publication quoted Ameesha as saying.
She further added, “That was enough for me that such a big director like Rakesh Roshan was risking his career and his son’s career with a new girl like me, yeah, so that gave me the confidence that he has faith in me.”
Meanwhile, Ameesha Patel’s latest release Gadar 2 is enjoying a blockbuster run at the box office.
