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The sweet and supportive Anjali from Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander is etched in every 90s kid’s memory. It was beautifully portrayed by Ayesha Jhulka. It was her breakthrough film, and she starred opposite Aamir Khan. The actress once opened up about the struggles she faced in her early days in the industry. While opening up about it, she also revealed being replaced in a film starring Dimple Kapadia and Sunny Deol. Scroll below for the deets.
Jhulka was a prominent actress in the 1990s. She made her acting debut with the Telugu movie Meti Siddhartha and her Bollywood debut with Salman Khan‘s Kurbaan in 1991. It was a box office success. Despite that, she was reportedly replaced in a few films, including Narsimha, which starred Dimple and Sunny.
A few years back in an interview with ETimes [via Times Now News], Ayesha Jhulka opened up about the controversy from when she was replaced from Narsimha. The actress recalled, “Yes, I was pretty put off with the incident. More than anything, it hurt me because I had not even begun, and I was thrown out of films. It was quite a controversy, it made it to the headlines, that Ayesha Jhulka was replaced, that hurt me a lot.”
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