When Nayanthara declined to be a part of Shah Rukh Khan's 'Chennai Express' before starring with him in 'Jawan'

Nayanthara has all the reasons to be on cloud nine as her film Jawan that also stars Shah Rukh Khan, Vijay Sethupathi, Priyamani, Sanya Malhotra, is doing phenomenal business at the box-office. It has raked in over Rs 128 crore worldwide on day one. However, this isn’t the first time she has been offered a film starring Khan. Back in 2013, she was offered Rohit Shetty’s Chennai Express but not Deepika Padukone’s role. It was the song 1234 that ultimately starred Priyamani. She declined the same as she was looking for something meaty and substantial, according to many reports. The second reason being choreographer Raju Sundaram, who is the brother of Prabhu Deva, and the latter was previously in a relationship with Nayanthara. That was the time when the duo had just parted ways. Coming back to her latest film, as Nayanthara made her way back home after attending the film’s special screening on Wednesday, the 38-year-old was met with a special compliment at Mumbai airport. The actress who sported an elegant blue anarkali kurta look, was captured alongside filmmaker-husband Vignesh Shivan, when she was told by a photographer how ‘ Jawan is not a movie but a festival.’ In the clips making rounds on social media, Nayanthara and Vignesh Shivan can be seen heading towards the entrance, hand-in-hand, as paparazzi keep capturing them.

Nayanthara , who made her Instagram debut ahead of Jawan’s release, has amassed over 3.6 million followers in days. The actress recently visited a popular Mumbai theatre Gaiety Galaxy Cinema alongside director Atlee to surprise fans and see their reaction while watching their film. About Jawan Produced by Shah Rukh and Gauri Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment, the film stars Vijay Sethupathi, Sanya Malhotra, Priyamani, Yogi Babu, Sunil Grover and Riddhi Dogra among others. In addition, Shah Rukh Khan and Nayanthara starrer film also features Deepika Padukone in a cameo. According to trade analyst Taran Adarsh, the film has already amassed an impressive Rs 51.17 crore through worldwide advance bookings, beating Shah Rukh Khan’s earlier release Pathaan in India.