Did you notice Rani Mukerji in 'Main Hoon Naa'?

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Main Hoon Naa is the first movie under the banner of Shah Rukh Khan's production company Red Chillies Entertainment. It is also choreographer Farah Khan's directorial debut. The movie was released on 30th April 2014 and interestingly the movie has completed 10 years of success today. It was not only Farah Khan's directorial debut but the lady had also penned down the screenplay of the movie. Main Hoon Naa certainly is very close to Farah Khan as since morning the writer-director-producer is going crazy tweeting about the same. Here we put together a few interesting facts about Main Hoon Naa. But first let us take an opportunity to wish the team of Main Hoon Naa a very Happy Birthday!

Main Hoon Naa's lesser known facts

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Here we bring some behind the scenes facts about Main Hoon Naa. We are sure this will surprise you. Few must be knowing that the girl twirling her plaits in the song, 'Gori Gori...' was none other than our very own choreographer Geeta Kapur. The choreographer is also known as Geeta Maa of Dance India Dance fame. On the same, Farah Khan took a chance to thank the lady as she tweeted for her today. Farah's tweet reads, "N that girl twirling her plaits in "gori gori" was none other than @geetakapur ...#10yrsofMHN .. Thank u baby for always being the title MHN."

Main Hoon Naa's lesser known facts

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Everybody knows that Farah Khan launched Zayed Khan in Main Hoon Naa. But very few must know that Zayed Khan was not the first choice to play Lucky (Laxman) in the movie. Any guesses who the first choice for the movie was? It was not Zayed Khan but the versatile actor Farhan Akhtar who was about to debut in Bollywood with Main Hoon Naa. However, things didn't work out well and it was a mutual decision between the actor and the makers for him to opt out and hence Zayed was roped in.

Main Hoon Naa's lesser known facts

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The next fact comes directly from Farah Khan's tweet. She revealed that there was a huge ruckus created during the shoot of a sequence which took place in Darjeeling as the costume trucks had not reached the venue on time. Farah Khan tweeted, "whn the costume trucks didn't reach Darjeeling on time v borrowed clothes frm dancers." Here all we can say is the show must go on.

Main Hoon Naa's lesser known facts

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Like Zayed Khan not being the first choice to play Lucky, even Main Hoon Naa the title, was not the first choice for the film, it was 'The Outsider' indeed. For the title Main Hoon Naa, even Shahrukh Khan was not convinced as according to him the title sounded incomplete. It was not until he heard the title song, that he believed the title was perfect. Isn't this an interesting unknown fact about Main Hoon Naa?

Main Hoon Naa's lesser known facts

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Moreover, Shah Rukh Khan hated his dance steps to Tumse Milke, but Farah Khan eventually convinced him to complete the steps. It is also reportedly said that along with Farhan Akhtar, Shahrukh Khan's younger brother's role was offered to Hrithik Roshan. However, Hrithik opted out of the movie and finally after approaching a few more names for the role, they ended up signing Zayed Khan to play Lucky.

Main Hoon Naa's lesser known facts

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It was for the first time that Sushmita Sen wore a saree on screen for a song. Interestingly, the sequence was actually the first day of shoot for Main Hoon Naa. Farah Khan tweeted along with the picture, "Ths scene was d 1st day of shoot 4 @thesushmitasen n 1st time she wore a sari on screen." Another interesting fact about Sushmita Sen and Main Hoon Naa is that the beautiful actress bagged the role of Chandni while working with Farah Khan in the song "Mehboob Mere" from Fiza starring Hrithik Roshan and Karisma Kapoor. Interestingly, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was the first choice to play Chandni in MHN but due to her problem with SRK, she was dropped from the project.

Main Hoon Naa's lesser known facts

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Another lesser known fact related to Main Hoon Naa is Tabu's appearance in the movie. She can be seen when Shah Rukh Khan is doing a dance practice for the prom night. However, the entire scene went unnoticed. Like Tabu, Farah Khan also wanted Rani Mukerjee in a guest appearance for a song but things didn't work out well. That is the reason why there were two photographs of Rani making an appearance in the movie.

Main Hoon Naa's lesser known facts

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Farah Khan wanted to re-create Rahul Dev Burman's music in the movie, but she chose not to because the movie Dil Vil Pyar Vyar which released in the year 2002, had done the exact same thing. Farah told music director Anu Malik to make the music in R.D. Burman's style. Farah and Anu Malik were judging Indian Idol together and Farah had also revealed on the show that she would ask Anu Malik to give music for her directorial debut film.

Main Hoon Naa's lesser known facts

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Like Farah wanted to recreate the magic of R.D.Burman's music in Main Hoon Na, she had also given a tribute to the evergreen movie 'Sholay'. In Main Hoon Naa, there were many scenes where audiences get a glimpse of Sholay. The scene where Shah Rukh Khan is riding a carriage while chasing the assassin, 'Dhanno' is written on it. This is a reference to Sholay, where Hema Malini's horse is named Dhanno.