A source said, "Anushka has been wanting to work with Ranbir. The role in Ayaan's film suits her personality and it would have been a fresh jodi .

Anushka was approached, after the producers had date issues with both Deepika and Katrina. However, once Deepika said yes, everyone thought she would be a better choice.

" The source also said that it was a project Anushka was really looking forward to. During a press conference Anushka had even said, "I would love to date Ranbir.

He is such a cute guy." It was during this time that rumours about Ranbir and the actress spending a lot of time together started doing the rounds.

The source further added, "The two had got pretty close and there were speculations about how they will soon star together. It was during that time the discussion about Ayaan's film came up.

However, Deepika is a bigger star and with Ranbir and Deepika's history, there is a lot more interest generated among the audience." Sadly this has apparently created an uncomfortable equation between Anushka and Ranbir.

"There was a time they would meet during parties, but now they hardly talk. Even during recent award ceremonies they haven't been seen greeting each other.

" Well looks like Anushka's loss is Deepika's gain, considering she not just has a big film in her kitty, but also gets an opportunity to bond with her ex beau. Both Anushka Sharma and Ayaan Mukerji were unavailable for comment.

Other stars who got kicked out for a bigger star : Mahie Gill was apparently the first choice for Tanu Weds Manu . However, once Kangna Ranaut came on board, Mahie was no longer part of the film.

Ek Challis Ki Last Local was supposed to star Ashish Chowdhary in the lead role. However, he lost out to Abhay Deol.

Apparently, Arjun Rampal (who was lesser known back then) was supposed to play the role of Siddharth in Rang De Basanti . But buzz is that Aamir wasn't convinced about Arjun pulling off the role of Bhagat Singh in the film.

Abhinav Kashyap was initially considering Sonu Sood for the lead role in Dabangg . But Arbaaz and Salman loved the script so much that Sonu was then cast as the villain.

Southern star Prakash Raj who has been gaining a lot of accolades post Singham replaced Sonu Sood in Dabangg 2 . Neha Dhupia replaced Lagaan heroine Gracy Singh in Ajay Devgn's film Qayamat .

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