'Shah Rukh Khan was not supposed to die in Dil Se,' Manisha Koirala liked the original twist better

Dil Se, directed by Mani Ratnam, stars Shah Rukh Khan, Manisha Koirala and Preity Zinta. The film was released in 1998.

Shah Rukh Khan, Manisha Koirala, and Preity Zinta's Dil Se is one of the most loved Hindi movies. Directed by Mani Ratnam, the 1998 movie is tremendously loved even today. Often, we see cinephiles decode the movie's scenes, dialogues, and music. In the movie, Manisha plays a terrorist, a suicide bomber, and SRK plays Amarkanth Varma, an AIR journalist/program executive.

Manisha Koirala on Dil Se's initial ending ft Shah Rukh Khan

Dil Se is an impossible love story from the beginning itself. There are many moments that stay with us from the Mani Ratnam movie. However, the tragic ending for Shah Rukh Khan and Manisha Koirala's characters is something no one will forget. SRK sacrifices his life and dies with Manisha when she tries to set herself ablaze while wearing a bomb. But did you know that's now how the ending was supposed to happen for SRK's Amarkant Verma?

In an interview with ANI, Manisha Koirala revealed that she was earlier supposed to do a movie with Ram Gopal Varma. However, Dil Se came to her and she got a chance to explore a character she never did before. Mani Ratnam told the actress that she doesn't have to play a typical terrorist and told what he expects from her performance. Koirala saw it as a great opportunity to explore the negative side of her character.

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Further in this entertainment news, the Heeramandi star revealed that the original script had a different ending, but the makers changed it later. "In the original script that we had agreed on, the cause was larger than love for both the characters. In the original version, he lets her die, and that was agreeable to all of us, but they changed it last minute." Manisha revealed that in the original script, Shah Rukh Khan's character wasn't supposed to die. The actress stated that she preferred the original ending over the one that is shown."