Saiyaara: Not Ahaan Panday-Aneet Padda, Sidharth Malhotra-Kiara Advani were the first choice; here's what went wrong

Saiyaara, featuring Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda, shattered several records at the box office. The romantic musical drama became the first movie to cross the Rs 300 crore mark, which is headlined by newcomers.

While the first two weeks, Saiyaara trended phenomenally well at the ticket windows, it was impacted by  \_Mahavatar Narsimha\_ , which gained momentum from strength to strength on every passing day at the box office.

Yesterday, Saiyaara recorded its lowest day since release as it earned around Rs 2.75 crore and now stands with a total collection of Rs 308.25 crore.

But now as per multiple reports, it is being said that not Ahaan and Aneet, but Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani were the makers’ first choices but things didn’t materialize. It’s said the Shershaah actor’s look test didn’t really go as smooth as expected and the director Mohit Suri put his point forward.

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With the global collections of Rs 486 crore, Saiyaara has crossed Hrithik Roshan-Tiger Shroff’s War (Rs 475.62), the film is expected to surpass its domestic collections (Rs 318.01 crore) by the end of its 4th weekend.

Not only fans and audiences, Saiyaara garnered praise from celebs like Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Aamir Khan, Mahesh Babu, Arjun Kapoor, Ameesha Patel, Siddharth Anand, Sandeep Reddy Vanga, Karan Johar, Anurag Basu and Anil Kapoor, among others, for its storyline, direction and performances.

Before the release of the movie, director Mohit Suri spoke about Saiyaara’s comparison with Aashiqui 2 in an interview with Firstpost. He said, “When I made Zeher, they said it looked like Murder. When I made Ek Villain, they said it looked like Murder 2. When I made Malang, they said it looked like Ek Villain. When I made Aashiqui 2, they said it looked like Woh Lame and Rockstar. So I think when I go ahead and make my next film, they’ll say it looks like Saiyaara. I think when they’re comparing it to my own work rather than somebody else’s, it’s good.”