Global icon Priyanka Chopra, who is now a big name on the international front, was to play the lead in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s 2013 film Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela but Deepika Padukone replaced her. This was revealed by her mother Dr Madhu Chopra, who said that despite not getting a meatier part in the film and settling for a song instead, the former Miss World and the maverick filmmaker continue to remain cordial.

Priyanka was replaced by Deepika as Leela

In an interview with Lehren Retro, Madhu Chopra recalled, “I don’t remember much from that time. I just know that she went to his office next door when I was with my patients in my clinic. When she came back, she said that I am only doing a song in Ram Leela. I asked her, ‘What happened?’ She said, ‘I think that’s better.’"