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Bollywoods two icons late actress Sridevi and Madhuri Dixit need no introduction. The two have made a name for themselves in the industry. However do you know there was a time when Sridevi rejected a film and it fell into the umbrella of Madhuri Dixit making her a star? Yes thats right! While Sridevi has worked in several hit films there was a time in 1992 when Indra Kumar was coming up with a film for which the first preference for the lead actress was Sridevi. However she turned down the role. The movie we are talking about is Beta. Released in 1992 Beta featured Anil Kapoor as the lead actor whereas Aruna Irani played a negative character in the film. Let us tell you that Boney Kapoor initially wanted Sridevi to play the lead in the film but the actress refused. After this Indra Kumar took the Tamil rights of the film and then signed Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit. According to reports Waheeda Rehman Sharmila Tagore and Mala Sinha were offered the role of Laxmi which was later played by Aruna Irani as everyone else refused to play the negative role. Later the director asked Aruna for the role and she agreed. This marked a U-turn in Arunas career and brought her all the name and fame. Talking about the film Beta won 5 Filmfare Awards including Anil Kapoor for Best Actor Madhuri Dixit for Best Actress and Aruna for Best Supporting Actor. Apart from this Anuradha Paudwal won the Best Female Playback Singer Award and Saroj Khan won the Best Choreography Award. Beta became a huge hit and earned Rs 20 crore. Indra Kumar had said in an interview that the story of his film is being copied a lot in TV shows. He had said even today the story of the TV serial Wale Beta is being copied. All the serials are based on that. I feel happy that at least the serial makers have benefited.