(A) Movies
01. WELCOME BACK (2015)
Genre : Comedy-Thriller
Role Type : Special
Role Achiever : Naseeruddin Shah
Main Star Cast : Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, John Abraham, Shruti Hasan, Paresh Rawal, Dimple Kapadia
Producer : Firoz A. Nadiadwala
Director : Anees Bazmee
Reason to A.B.'s Refusal : The poor characterization of his role.
Awaiting Note : Much Awaited
B.O. Result : Above Average
02. MANGAL PANDEY : The Rising (2005)
Title for A.B. Starrer : KARTOOS (1987)
Genre : Historical-Action-Adventure
Role Achiever : Aamir Khan
Opposite Cast : Minakshi Sheshadri, Sujata Mehta (with A.B.)
Final Star Cast : Ameesha Patel, Rani Mukherjee (with A.K.)
Producer : Firoz A. Nadiadwala
Director : Ketan Mehta
Reason to Change the Cast : In Bachchan era, financiers and distributors were not satisfied with the risky concept based on a historical backdrop. After a long gap of 17 years, in 2004 director Ketan Mehta teamed-up with the producer Bobby Bedi and actor Aamir Khan to revive his old ambitious project.Awaiting Note : Much More Awaited
B.O. Result : Disaster
03. AAPKO PEHLE BHI KAHIN DEKHA HAI (2003)
Genre : Romantic
Role Type : Special
Role Achiever : Om Puri
Main Star Cast : Priyanshu Chatterjee, Sakshi Shivanand, Farida Jalal
Producer : Bhushan Kumar
Director : Anubhav Sinha
Reason to A.B.'s Refusal : Poor Script
B.O. Result : Flop
04. MISSION KASHMIR (2000)
Genre : Action-Thriller
Role Achiever : Sanjay Dutt
Opposite Cast : Sonali Kulkarni
Other Star Cast : Shahrukh Khan (Replaced by Hrithik Roshan), Priety Zinta
Producer-Director : Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Reason to A.B.'s Refusal : Confrontation of shooting schedules with Yash Chopra's 'Mohabbatein'.
Awaiting Note : Much More Awaited
B.O. Result : Above Average
05. ISHQ (1997)
Genre : Romantic
Role Type : Special
Role Achiever : Johny Lever (with a different characterization)
Main Star Cast : Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla, Ajay Devgan, Kajol
Producer : Gordhan Tanwani
Director : Indra Kumar
Reason to A.B.'s Refusal : Some misunderstanding between A.B. and director of the film.
Awaiting Note : Much More Awaited
B.O. Result : Super-Duper Hit
06. YALGAAR (1993)
Genre : Action-Thriller
Role Type : Main Lead
Role Achiever : Mukesh Khanna
Supporting Star Cast : Feroz Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Kabir Bedi, Deepti Naval, Nagma, Manisha Koirala
Producer-Director : Feroz Khan
Reason to A.B.'s Refusal : Because Feroz khan wanted to sign him in his father's role on script's demand.
Awaiting Note : Much More Awaited
B.O. Result : Disaster
07. KING UNCLE (1993)
Genre : Family Drama
Role Achiever : Jackie Shroff
Opposite Cast : Amrita Singh (with A.B.)
Supporting Star Cast : Govinda, Neelam
Final Star Cast : Anu Aggarwal, Shahrukh Khan, Nagma
Producer-Director : Rakesh Roshan
Reason to A.B.'s Refusal : Due to A.B.'s decision to stay out of work for some time because of doctor's advice for health improvement.
Awaiting Note : Much Awaited
B.O. Result : Super Flop
08. SAUDAGAR (1991)
Genre : Social-Action Drama
Role Type : Special
Role Achiever : Jackie Shroff
Opposite Cast : Deepti Naval
Main Star Cast : Dilip Kumar, Rajkumar, Mukesh Khanna, Vivek Mushran, Manisha Koirala
Producer-Director : Subhash Ghai
Reason to A.B.'s Refusal : Poor characterization of his role and clash of egos between Ghai and Bachchan.
Awaiting Note : Extra Much Awaited
B.O. Result : Hit
09. ZINDAGI EK JUAA (1989)
Genre : Action
Role Achiever : Anil Kapoor
Opposite Cast : Amrita Singh
Final Female Lead : Madhuri Dixit
Producer-Director : Prakash Mehra
Reason to A.B.'s Refusal : Amitabh wanted some changes in the plot, but director Prakash Mehra was fully confident on his final draft.
Awaiting Note : Much Awaited
B.O. Result : Disaster
10. MR. INDIA (1987)
Genre : Science-Fiction Action-Thriller
Role Achiever : Anil Kapoor
Opposite Cast : Sri Devi
Producer / Director ( for A.B.'s Project) : G.P. Sippy / Ramesh Sippy
Producer / Director (for A.K.'s Project) : Boney Kapoor / Shekhar Kapoor
Reason to A.B.'s Refusal : He was not agree to play an invisible character.
Awaiting Note : Much More Awaited
B.O. Result : Super Hit
11. DACAIT (1987)
Genre : Action-Thriiler
Role Achiever : Sunny Deol
Opposite Cast : Minakshi Sheshadri
Supporting Star Cast : Raakhee, Suresh Oberoi
Producer-Director : Rahul Rawail
Reason to A.B.'s Refusal : He was not satisfied with the subject.
Awaiting Note : Much Awaited
B.O. Result : Above Average
12. ALLAH-RAKHA (1986)
Genre : Action-Thriller
Role Achiever : Jackie Shroff (in Double Role)
Opposite Cast : Dimple Kapadia, Minakshi Sheshadri
Supporting Star Cast : Shammi Kapoor, Biswajeet, Waheeda Rehman
Producers : Manmohan Desai, Ketan M. Desai, Khushal Chhabria
Director : Ketan M. Desai
Reason to A.B.'s Refusal : Because, he had worked on the same script with director Surendra Mohan for 'Khuda Gawah' in 1978, which had been shelved and he didn't want to play again the same role.Awaiting Note : Much More Awaited
B.O. Result : Flop
13. MASTER JI (1985)
Genre : Social-Family Drama
Role Achiever : Rajesh Khanna
Opposite Cast : Sri Devi, Anita Raj
Producer : R.C. Prakash
Director : K. Bhagyaraj
Reason to A.B.'s Refusal : Dissatisfaction with the script.
B.O. Result : Flop
14. UTSAV (1984)
Genre : Periodic-Romantic Drama based on a Sanskrit play 'Mrichhakatikam' written by Sudraka
Role Type : Special
Role Achiever : Shashi Kapoor
Main Star Cast : Rekha, Shekhar Suman (Debut), Anuradha Patel, Amjad Khan, Neena Gupta
Producer : Shashi Kapoor
Director : Girish Karnad
Reason to A.B.'s Refusal : Commitment for already lined-up projects and its bold content.
Awaiting Note : Much More Awaited
B.O. Result : Average
15. JAGIR (1984)
Title for A.B. Starrer : TEEN FARISHTEY (1975)
Genre : Action-Drama
Role Achiever : Mithun Chakraborty
Opposite Cast : Zeenat Aman
Other Star Cast : Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna (replaced by Danny Denzongpa), Neetu Singh (Replaced by Shoma Anand)
Producer-Director : Pramod Chakravorty
Reason to Change The Cast : Beacause of manage to dates with all 3 actors.
Awaiting Note : Much Awaited
B.O. Result : Flop
16. QURBANI (1980)
Genre : Action-Thriller
Role Type : Central Supporting
Role Achiever : Vinod Khanna
Main Star Cast : Feroz Khan, Zeenat Aman
Producer-Director : Feroz Khan
Reason to A.B.'s Refusal : He was not agree to play a supporting role.
Awaiting Note : Extra Much Awaited
B.O. Result : Block Buster
17. BUNDAL BAAZ (1976)
Genre : Romantic-Comedy
Role Achiever : Rajesh Khanna
Opposite Cast : Sulakshana Pandit
Supporting Star Cast : Shammi Kapoor, Farida Jalal
Producer : H.A. Nadiadwala
Director : Shammi Kapoor
Reason to A.B.'s Refusal : Shortage of dates.
Awaiting Note : Much Awaited
B.O. Result : Disaster
18. SIDDHARTHA (1972) (an Indo-Hollywood Movie)
Genre : Historical based on Harmann Hisse's same title novel
Role Achiever : Shashi Kapoor
Opposite Cast : Simi Garewal
Supporting Star Cast : Romesh Sharma
Producer : David Mackibben
Director : Conrad Rooks
Reason to A.B.'s Refusal : The bold subject of the movie and Simi Garewal's nude shot in front of main lead character on script's demand.B.O. Result : Flop
19. MELA (1971)
Genre : Action-Ramantic
Role Achiever : Sanjay Khan
Opposite Cast : Rekha
Supporting Star Cast : Vinod Khanna
Final Star Cast : Mumtaz, Feroz Khan
Producer : A.A. Nadiadwala
Director : Prakash Mehra
Reason to set aside the previous star cast : Financier's and distributor's advice.
Awaiting Note : Much Awaited
B.O. Result : Below Average
(B) T.V. Series
01. VISHWAMITRA (1990)
Genre : Mythological
Role Type : Main Lead
Role Achiever : Mukesh Khanna
Opposite Cast : Bhanu Priya (as Menaka)
Supporting Star Cast : Arun Govil (as Raja Hrishchandra), Shanti Priya (as Shakuntala)
Producer : Madhu Entertainment
Director : Dasari Narayan Rao
TV Channel : DD National
Reason to A.B.'s Refusal : At that time, he was not ready to give his appearance on T.V. for a fiction or epic series, owing to his peak super stardom.TRP : Block Buster
02. MAHABHARAT (1988)
Genre : Mythological
Role Type : Main Lead (as Ganga Putra Bheeshma)
Role Achiever : Mukesh Khanna
Opposite Dream-Cast : Sonu Walia (as Amba - daughter of Kashi Naresh)
Other Dream-Cast : Juhi Chawla (as Draupadi)
Producer : B.R. Films
Director : B.R. Chopra and Ravi Chopra
TV Channel : DD National
Reason to A.B.'s Refusal : At that time, he was not ready to give his appearance on T.V. for a fiction or epic series, owing to his peak super stardom.TRP : All Time Block Buster
