 Sunny Deol (I) (qv), who was a more popular star than  Shahrukh Khan (qv) in 1993, was given a choice by  Yash Chopra (qv) of either the role of Sunil Malhotra or the role  of Rahul Mehra. Deol chose to play Malhotra, believing it would  improve his career, but instead the reverse occurred:  Shahrukh Khan (qv)s performance was more acclaimed than Deols.