Vikram Bhatt opens up on Mahesh Bhatt and Aamir Khan's fallout, accusations of not liking Rani Mukerji's voice

Vikram Bhatt got a new lease of life post the success of Ghulam in 1998, a film that starred Aamir Khan and Rani Mukerji in lead roles. But that was also the last time Aamir collaborated with Mahesh Bhatt, who produced the film. In a recent interview with Siddharth Kanan, the Raaz director finally broke silence on why Khan and Bhatt had a fallout. He revealed, “When Aamir Khan and Bhatt saab parted ways on the sets of Ghulam, Aamir said, ‘I want Ghulam to be the most important thing in your life’. Bhatt saab said, ‘It cannot be. This is not the most important thing for me.’ Both of them were very honest.” The filmmaker added, “For me it was (important) because I only had Fareb at that time and so I had a lot of fun. If today Aamir says, ‘I want you to do Ghulam and I want it to be the most important thing,’ I will say it cannot be.” On accusations of not liking Rani Mukerji ’s voice I want to address this controversy once for all. When Rani was to be cast in Ghulam, I myself had suggested her. I had seen her work in Raja Ki Ayegi Baraat and she had done very good acting. Someone told me ‘that film did not work, people did not like her voice and thought it was weird.’ I said, ‘Voice can be dubbed, the girl is a good actor and even looks good.’ So sometimes these things stick and no one thinks a lot. What we thought before casting, we did it. There was no conscious effort behind this.