One of the biggest blockbusters of 2008, Ghajini was an impeccable film. The action thriller, directed and co-written by AR Murugadoss, marked his Hindi film debut and starred Aamir Khan, Asin, Pradeep Rawat and Jiah Khan in pivotal roles.

In a recent interview, Pradeep Rawat, who played the villain in the film revealed that he recommended Aamir Khan for the lead role in the film instead of Salman. The actor revealed why Salman was not fit for the role and said, "AR Murugadoss used to keep saying ‘I want to make it (Ghajini) in Hindi, I want to make it in Hindi.' I thought in my mind Salman is short-tempered and Murugadoss doesn’t speak in English or Hindi. He didn’t even have a personality back then."

He further went on to add, “I thought Aamir would be the right choice for the role because he was cool-tempered and behaves respectfully with everyone. In the past 25 years, I have not seen Aamir shout or yell at anyone. He has never disrespected anyone or used abusive language. So I thought, nature-wise, Salman cannot be handled or there would be unnecessary complications."

Ghajini is a Hindi remake of the 2005 Tamil movie of the same name and tells the story of Sanjay Singhania, a successful entrepreneur, who suffers from anterograde amnesia after an attack on him and his fiancée Kalpana.