Originally posted by: Sparkling_Wine
You forgot to thank Salman for making Aishwarya's career. It was Salman who asked Bhansali to cast his girlfriend Aishwarya (who was a flop struggling actress until 1999) opposite him in HDDCS. Aishwarya's first hit was HDDCS and she owes it to Salman. Aishwarya owes Devdas to Salman too because she became friends with Bhansali through Salman. All the movies she got from 1999-2002 are directed/produced by Salman and his friends.
Even during her so-called lull period and her boycott (lol) drama, she still worked in about 8 movies (two with Salman's brother and best friend Sanjay Dutt) but all those movies were flops because she needs a male superstar or a multi-starrer cast to deliver a hit.
Rani started thriving from 1998 as soon as Kuch Kuch Hota Hai released. Rani thrived because she got along with everyone unlike Aishwarya who had a fight with everyone including Aamir Khan. Rani has delivered more solo hits than Aishwarya's total hits.
Aishwarya owes her Bollywood career to her relationship with Salman. Had Salman not introduced her to his connections, she would still be working in South doing cameos in Iruvar and forgetful movies like Jeans.
This is wrong Aishwarya need not have depended on bollywood or salman for career ever as hollywood brad pit all great directors wanted her in their movies
Salman was nothing in status in 90s than ash after 1996. He had 20 plus flops ash saved him with HDDCS
Rani thrived because she had affair with aditya chopra (and other heroes too who recommended her for movies like govinda)
Rani was called bengali tigress as she fought with many like priety, kajol etc in 90s
she had backing of karan johar dharma and yash chopra movies - she was like 90s alia bhat
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