Have you ever wondered why two of the biggest superstars of Bollywood, gorgeous Deepika Padukone and Salman Khan never shared the screen?
Salman Khan had offered Deepika Padukone before she debuted with Shahrukh Khan. She turned down the offer because she thought that she was too young to act.
As per the reports from Indian media outlets, the Bollywood A-lister, who was a successful model earlier, got her very first film offer from Salman Khan himself, but since the diva was not sure about her career path at that time, she turned it down and later made her debut with Shahrukh Khan in ‘Om Shanti Om’.
Salman was asked why he did not work with Deepika. He said that Deepika was a big star and there had not been any project where they could work together.
Not just that, Padukone was then offered as many as six films by Khan including ‘Jai Ho’, ‘Sultan’, ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ and Karan Johar‘s ‘Shuddhi’ – which did not get made.
Moreover, she was also approached for an item number in ‘Kick’, which she refused to do, for her similar commitment to ‘Happy New Year’.
When Amitabh Bachchan was a megastar, some big female stars did not want to work with him because in Amitabh's movies only he came into the spotlight. Actresses were in the shadows. Nobody talked about Zeenat Aman, Parveen Babi, etc, It used to be only about Amitabh.
To work with Salman involves similar problems. People don't talk much about Sonakshi, Daisy Shah, or Sonam Kapoor.
To work with Salman Khan could be a risk for Deepika's career. She could also be Salman's shadow. Maybe because of that fear, Deepika did not work with Salman Khan.
Deepika is a thoughtful and intelligent girl. She knows which characters fit her well. She tries to select movies like Padmavat where a woman is in a center character.
Anyway, they came together many times on stage. They have a good relationship. They did not work together not because of any bad relationship.