According to a report in Live Hindustan, there were rumors that Shah Rukh Khan replaced Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in five films because of Salman Khan. It is said that in the late 1990s, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan had signed five films with Shah Rukh Khan, including ‘Chalte Chalte’, ‘Baazigar Returns’, ‘Josh’, ‘Mohabbatein’ and ‘Shakti: The Power’.