Actor Rani Mukerji yesterday joined her friend and filmmaker Karan Johar for an interactive session, reflecting on her 30-year journey in cinema. The conversation turned deeply emotional as she reflected on her early days in the industry, when her husky voice was met with scepticism by makers, and how Karan stood by her side.

Looking back at the film ‘Ghulam’, she revealed that her voice was dubbed in that film, and Aamir Khan had to play the bad cop, as he was the one who had to tell her that her own voice wouldn’t make it to the movie, a PTI report stated yesterday.

“As a newcomer, you don’t have much of a choice…It was a big thing for me to do a film opposite Aamir because he was one of the superstars there. So I learned later from Vikram, who’s my director, that actually it was a decision taken by probably Vikram, Mukesh ji and Aamir, but they made Aamir become the bad cop,” she recalled.

Rani shared that Aamir sought to explain the situation through logic and examples. “Aamir kind of explained to me that for films, we have to sacrifice certain things for the best of the film. Probably your voice is not apt for the character,” she shared.

Rani revealed that Aamir asked her who her favourite actress was, and when she named Sridevi. He said that even her voice had been dubbed in several films.

“He gave me an example (of) how Sridevi’s voice was dubbed in a lot of her films. But it didn’t stop her from being the star that she became. So with that logic, he said, you must surrender to whatever is best for the film,” she said.

Rani admitted it was quite upsetting for her. “It was a little upsetting for me. But obviously I couldn’t show the fact that I was upset because you need to be a team player whenever you’re part of a film…Even if there are personal disappointments, it doesn’t matter as long as the intent is true for the film,” she added.