{"id":348877,"date":"2026-03-16T10:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/348877\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T10:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:34:09","slug":"sneha-ullal-addresses-speculations-of-being-cast-opposite-salman-khan-only-because-she-looked-like-aishwarya-rai-recalls-meeting-her-dont-hate-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/348877\/","title":{"rendered":"Sneha Ullal addresses speculations of being cast opposite Salman Khan only because she looked like Aishwarya Rai, recalls meeting her: ‘Don’t hate me’ |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sneha Actor Sneha Ullal<\/a> grabbed headlines back in 2005, not just for her Bollywood debut opposite Salman Khan<\/a>, but also because many people felt she closely resembled Aishwarya Rai<\/a> Bachchan. The media and fans even labelled her the \u2018doppelganger\u2019 of the actress. In a recent conversation, Sneha opened up about how Aishwarya reacted to those comparisons and also shared what it was like working with Salman during her debut film.Sneha recalled the support she received from Salman while shooting for ‘Lucky: No Time for Love’. She said in an interview with AlphaNeon Studioz, \u201cSalman Khan supported me a lot during Lucky shoot.\u201d When asked whether Salman ever lost patience with her since she was a newcomer and he was already a major star, she responded, \u201cNot even once. He was very patient with me, very supportive. Salman Khan didn\u2019t show the Salman Khan attitude to me that people know about.\u201d <\/p>\n

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The actress also addressed the long-standing speculation that Salman cast her in Lucky because she resembled Aishwarya. For context, Salman and Aishwarya were reportedly in a relationship around 1999 before they eventually parted ways. Reacting to the rumours, she said, \u201cThe PR activity was like this. Obviously, I was coming with Salman Khan, so people will recognise me like that, but it never bothered me because I was very young, and I had no ego.\u201d She added, \u201cI have never been beauty conscious and these comparisons never bothered me.\u201dSneha also remembered meeting Aishwarya during the peak of her Bollywood career and spoke about how warmly the actor greeted her despite the constant comparisons. She revealed that she even apologised to Aishwarya because of the media narrative at the time. \u201cI met Aishwarya once, and she said \u2018Welcome to the family. Welcome to Bollywood\u2019, something like that. I told her \u2018I\u2019m sorry, please don\u2019t hate me\u2019. There was so much comparison in the media at that time, I didn\u2019t know if she took offence.\u201dThe actor shared that her entry into films happened quite unexpectedly. According to Sneha, she was noticed by friends of Arpita Khan Sharma when she had just started college. Around the same time, auditions were underway for Lucky, which eventually led to her being cast in the film. \u201cI never wanted to come in acting. I was in college. When Aishwarya Rai became Miss world at that time, I was becoming Miss World in my own world because when she got recognised globally, I became famous in my small world because a lot of people used to tell me that I look like her.\u201dShe further explained that several people had encouraged her to try acting even before Lucky happened, but she had never seriously considered it. \u201cMany people had approached me before to become an actor, but I was not interested in it. I have been a tomboy, and I\u2019m not glamorous.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor Sneha Ullal grabbed headlines back in 2005, not just for her Bollywood debut opposite Salman Khan, but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[22404,45337,158953,93,17952,61,60,158951,270,4193,158952],"class_list":["post-348877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-aishwarya-rai","tag-arpita-khan","tag-casting-rumors","tag-entertainment","tag-film-industry","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-lucky-no-time-for-love","tag-movies","tag-salman-khan","tag-sneha-ullal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}