Darr & Baazigar (1993)

Ironically, two films that became blockbusters in 1993 had been first offered to Sridevi. She had refused Yash Chopra's Darr as she felt that the heroine's role was nowhere in the same league as Chandni and Lamhe. The actress had declared famously that she would have done it only if she had been offered Shahrukh Khan's role. To many it sounded like hubris. For Sridevi, it was simply an artiste's supreme respect for craft. Director Abbas - Mustan had also planned to cast her as the twin sisters in Baazigar. But the duo developed cold feet that if Shahrukh Khan's character killed India's beloved actress, audiences would reject the film outright.