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Many such hit films have been made in Bollywood whose actors were not the first choice of the filmmaker, but luck by chance those actors got the role because the previous actor refused to do that film. Thus the other actor got the hit role after the refusing actor dropped out. Let us see which actor was first approached for the hit film but after he refused, another actor got the role.
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| Movie Name | Character Name | Actor / Actress Who Declined Role | Finalized Actor / Actress |
| Mughal-e-Azam (1960) | Anarkali | Nutan | Madhubala |
| Zanjeer (1972) | Vijay Khanna | Raj Kumar, Dev Anand, Dilip Kumar | Amitabh Bachchan |
| Zanjeer (1972) | Mala | Mumtaz | Jaya Bhaduri |
| Sholay (1975) | Gabbar Singh | Shatrughna Sinha, Danny Denzongpa | Amjad Khan |
| Deewaar (1975) | Vijay Verma | Rajesh Khanna, Shatrughna Sinha | Amitabh Bachchan |
| Deewaar (1975) | Ravi Verma | Navin Nischol | Shashi Kapoor |
| Mr. India (1987) | Arun / Mr. India | Amitabh Bachchan | Anil Kapoor |
| Deewana (1992) | Raj Sahai | Armaan Kohli | Shah Rukh Khan |
| Deedar (1992) | Aanand | Kamal Sadanah | Akshay Kumar |
| Darr (1993) | Kiran | Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit, Divya Bharti | Juhi Cahwal |
| Darr (1993) | Rahul | Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn, Aamir Khan | Shah Rukh Khan |
| Darr (1993) | Sunil Malhotra | Rishi Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty, Jackie Shroff, Nitish Bharadwaj | Sunny Deol |
| Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994) | Prem | Aamir Khan | Salman Khan |
| Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) | Raj | Saif Ali Khan, Aamir Khan | Shah Rukh Khan |
| Wanted (2009) | Jahnvi Verma | Amrita Rao | Ayesha Takia |
| Avatar (2009) | Corporal Jake Sully | Govinda | Sam Worthington |
| 2.0 (2018) | Dr. Vaseegaran/ Chitti | Kamal Haasan, Aamir Khan, and then Vikram | Rajinikath |
| 2.0 (2018) | Pakshi Rajan | Hrithik Roshan and Neil Nitin Mukesh | Akshay Kumar |