{"id":647204,"date":"2026-05-03T15:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T15:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/647204\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T15:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T15:58:10","slug":"saif-ali-khan-preity-zintas-old-clip-on-being-the-second-choice-for-kal-ho-na-ho-after-kareena-kapoor-rejected-it-goes-viral-heres-how-saif-ali-khan-reacted-it-was-in-my-destiny-hindi-movie-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/647204\/","title":{"rendered":"Saif Ali Khan: Preity Zinta’s old clip on being the second choice for Kal Ho Na Ho after Kareena Kapoor rejected it goes viral, here’s how Saif Ali Khan reacted: ‘It was in my destiny’ | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Preity ‘Kal Ho Naa Ho’ remains one of the most cherished films in Preity Zinta<\/a>\u2019s career. Interestingly, the role that became so closely associated with her was initially offered to Kareena Kapoor Khan<\/a>, who has previously acknowledged missing out on the film.An old clip from Koffee With Karan<\/a> has resurfaced online, showing Preity\u2019s candid reaction to Kareena\u2019s comments about turning down the film.Directed by Karan Johar, the film reportedly went to Preity after Kareena asked for remuneration on par with Shah Rukh Khan. During the chat show, Karan asked Preity, \u201cKareena was the first choice for the film, so how did you feel, actually, you know, stepping into Kareena Kapoor\u2019s shoes for the film?” <\/p>\n

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Preity Zinta Rejects \u2018Trophy\u2019 Label, Calls Out Paid PR Culture After Karan Johar\u2019s Remark Preity responded with a memorable analogy and said, \u201cI mean, you go to a store, you try on a pair of jeans, and they fit you well. But if you don\u2019t buy them, it doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re your jeans. The next person who comes, tries them on, and buys them, they belong to that person.”She further added, \u201cI remember when you called me, and I said, \u2018Okay, can I hear the script?\u2019 Once I heard the script, I was like, \u2018Why doesn\u2019t Kareena want to do this film?\u2019 And then it was all over the place, Kareena was the first choice, Preity Zinta was the second choice. And Kareena was saying that, \u2018I said no to it\u2019. So I said, \u2018Okay, thank you, Kareena. It doesn\u2019t matter, any which way, this film was in my destiny\u2019.”Also present on the episode was Saif Ali Khan, who was asked by Karan, \u201cAnd did you think Kareena or her would have been, who would have been the better Naina?”Saif replied, \u201cI mean, now that I\u2019ve seen the film, I can\u2019t imagine anyone else except Preity leading that part.”The casting saga reportedly led to a fallout between Karan Johar and Kareena Kapoor Khan, straining their friendship for years. The two eventually reconciled when they collaborated again on Kurbaan, which also starred Saif Ali Khan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘Kal Ho Naa Ho’ remains one of the most cherished films in Preity Zinta\u2019s career. Interestingly, the role…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,274233,8339,48880,5024,8341,344,313136,37370,8222],"class_list":["post-647204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-kal-ho-na-ho","tag-karan-johar","tag-kareena-kapoor","tag-kareena-kapoor-khan","tag-koffee-with-karan","tag-movies","tag-naina-role","tag-preity-zinta","tag-saif-ali-khan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}