Ad filmmaker Prahlad Kakkar recently revealed in an interview that he chose Aamir Khan over Shah Rukh Khan for an ad that he was shooting as he felt that Shah Rukh didn’t have a clean image at that time. Prahlad said that he decided to cast Aamir in the ad even when he was charging thrice the amount quoted by Shah Rukh.

During a conversation with Vickey Lalwani, Prahlad said, “Aamir was charging some 17 lakhs and Shah Rukh was only charging 6 Lakh at that time. And why Shah Rukh was charging 6 Lakh was also because he was short of 6 Lakh for buying his house (Mannat). So, he said, I am short of 6 Lakh, you give me and I will do the ad. So, I said he is not right for the film. I wanted someone who had the image of an actor. Money was not my concern.