This image, well, part of this image went viral in the early 2000s - except without Juhi Chawla.
Some clever clog replaced the face of Juhi with Aishwarya Rai and somehow, that awful fake pic went viral.
But I remember the image from a Cine Blitz cover shoot and thought well...why?
Lovely Juhi, also a Miss India like Ash... deserves her flowers. And fame. And wow vast fortune!
Released on 25 August 2000, it was a hit at the box office. Made on a budget of around ₹9 crore, it grossed approximately ₹30.26 crore in India, making it one of the higher-grossing films of 2000. Some trade reports called it a "hit," though a couple of sources described its performance as "average" overall. It performed well enough to be considered successful commercially. Post the summer of success of 1999, she was unquestionably the top star of her time and easily one of the busiest phases of her career as that year alone, Ash appeared in six films that year, including
Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai
Mohabbatein
Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke
Kandukondain Kandukondain (Tamil)
Josh
and the much-delayed Albela.
Aishwarya Rai received nominations for Best Actress for her performance (playing a rape survivor) at several major awards, Filmfare Award for Best Actress (2001), Star Screen Award for Best Actress, Zee Cine Award for Best Actress, Bollywood Movie Award for Best Actress. She didn't win any but was perhaps too busy to even notice. Fellow model turned actress Sonali Bendre won Best Supporting Actress at the Star Screen Awards for the film.
Personally, not a huge fan of the romantic action-drama (a remake of a Bengali film) co-starring Anil Kapoor and Sonali Bendre. It was directed by Satish Kaushik and produced by Boney Kapoor.
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