The Times of India reports that Aditya Chopra had originally wanted to make a crossover film with a US actor in the main part.
However, the newspaper claims that the filmmaker had to rework the script as producer Yash Chopra did not want to cast a foreign star.
After 15 years of screening at the Maratha Mandir in Mumbai, the production remains the longest-running film in the history of Indian cinema.
The role of Raj Malhotra has gone on to become one of Shah Rukh Khan's most commercially successful and critically-acclaimed parts.
