Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Anushka Sharma’s role in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil to be tweaked; Saif Ali Khan to REPLACE Fawad Khan?

There is speculation that Karan Johar might replace Fawad Khan in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil with Saif Ali Khan and change his lead female characters’ (Anushka Sharma and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's characters') country of origin (Pakistan), in the wake of the anti-Pak wave...

There is speculation that Karan Johar might replace Fawad Khan in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil with Saif Ali Khan and change his lead female characters’ (Anushka Sharma and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s characters’) country of origin (Pakistan), in the wake of the anti-Pak wave. Yes, Karan Johar is facing the heat for his next release Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and it isn’t just because the film features Pakistani actor Fawad Khan. The other big issue that the filmmaker faces is that his leading ladies’ characters, played by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Anushka Sharma, are Pakistani residents. In the film, ARB plays poetess Saba Taliyar Khan and Anushka plays Alizeh, a girl who loses her love (Fawad) and finds herself in love again with another (Ranbir Kapoor).
As a source reveals, “Karan’s film releases on Diwali, but because of the anti-Pakistani wave that is sweeping through India right now, he is facing a dual dilemma — it is too late to replace Fawad, but his female leads play Pakistani women. So what he is planning to do is tweak the script a bit and work it in such a way that they are no longer Pakistani citizens, but belong to another country.” 

The source adds that Karan and his creative team toyed with the idea of face replacement technology to replace Fawad Khan with Saif Ali Khan, but that would have taken a long time and the film is too close to release. Initially, Karan had wanted Saif Ali Khan to play Fawad’s role and had even discussed it with the senior actor, but KJo changed his mind later and replaced him with Fawad instead. Later, he was selected to play the role of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s ex husband in the film but that too didn’t work out and eventually Shah Rukh Khan did that role.
Earlier Karan Johar had mentioned that banning Pakistani artistes is not the solution to curb terrorism. He had mentioned, “I understand the anger and the anguish that surround us and I empathise, my heart bleeds for the lost lives. There is nothing that can justify this terrible feeling of terror. Then you are faced in a situation such as this (asking for ban on Pak artistes like Fawad and Mahira). If this was truly a solution, one would take it. But this is not a solution. I don’t believe it is. The larger forces have to come together and sort the situation and this cannot be banning talent or art.” However, after the protest by thousands of Indians and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), Karan did think about replacing Fawad Khan. But guess that it is too late now! 
In the meanwhile, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is slated to clash with Ajay Devgn’s Shivaay on October 28. The film won’t face protest after IMPPA (Indian Motion Picture Producers’ Association) spoke with the MNS and made them understand that the film was already shot before the attacks and before the ban came into existence and hence they should let films that have already been shot release without protests. 
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