 After declining Sanjay Leela Bhansali (qv)s first three films,  Kareena Kapoor (qv) was finally accepted to do his film. Later on,  Amitabh Bachchan (qv) refused to work with her because of the  broken engagement of his son, Abhishek Bachchan (qv) and her  sister, Karisma Kapoor (qv) so Rani Mukherjee (qv) stepped in.