Veteran filmmaker Mani Ratnam opened up about his early plans for Alai Payuthey and his collaboration with Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol. He revealed that the original idea was to make Alai Payuthey with the iconic duo, but a crucial element of the story wasn’t fully realized at the time, leading him to shift to Dil Se. The Tamil-language romantic musical Alai Payuthey starred R Madhavan and Shalini, and was later remade in Hindi as Saathiya, featuring Rani Mukerji and Vivek Oberoi. The Hindi adaptation of Alai Payuthey was directed by Shaad Ali.
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