What led to a fallout between Divya Bharti and Aamir Khan?

“I’m the one who should be upset with Aamir Khan”

Apparently, Aamir was upset with Divya's behaviour, during a show in London. When she was asked about it, Divya said, "Aamir is not the one who should be upset with me. I'm the one who should be upset with that man. What happens when you're on stage live for a show, it's but natural that you might make a mistake. I did make a mistake which wasn't noticeable and I covered it up immediately. But Aamir noticed only because he knew the movements."

Aamir Khan performed with Juhi Chawla instead of Divya Bharti

Apparently, during the rehearsals, Aamir spotted certain errors in Divya's performance. The star continued his performance the next time, but without Divya. Instead, he chose to perform with his 'Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak' co-star Juhi Chawla. The late actress said, "The next thing I hear is that Aamir had informed the organisers that he wanted to rehearse with Lollypop, (the choreographer)'s sister Chiclet. What could I say? But what really upset me was when I saw Aamir doing the number on stage with Juhi Chawla instead. As it is I had only three numbers and while she had quite a few and here she was doing one more."

Salman Khan and Divya Bharti

While Aamir left Divya in lurch, another superstar came to her rescue; and it was none other than Salman Khan. In Divya's wods, "For the rest of the shows Aamir even opted out of the medley number he was supposed to have done with me. He said he was too tired. This only left me with one solo song 'Saat samunder'. I was in tears. It was then that Salman came to my rescue. Inspite of having a lot of numbers, inspite of having a broken foot, Salman Khan was sweet enough to agree to do the medley with me. I was very touched by the niceness of the gesture. And I'm sure Aamir must have been aghast."

Divya was very upset with Aamir’s attitude towards her

Divya was quite hurt by this attitude of Aamir, and angry too. She further added, "It's sad that he's got the attitude that he's senior and that if we juniors make mistakes we're out. He should correct me. As a senior he should tell me my mistakes, not take them to heart. He should behave like a senior, not a star. Actually one of the organisers even told me that Aamir felt I was ignoring him. But tell me, what difference does it make to him if I ignore him or not? I always greeted him with a 'hello sir'. I didn't ignore him at all. If I did too, it was obvious why. Believe me, I was so upset that I sat in the bathroom and cried for hours. I was very hurt. But I had to be brave and go out there and perform. As we were all paid to do so. I'm still very quite upset with Aamir's starry attitude. Thank god for Salman and his genuine niceness."

Was Aamir Khan the reason behind Divya’s ousting from ‘Darr’?

Not many know that late Yash Chopra's 'Darr' was offered to Aamir Khan first, before Shah Rukh Khan stepped in. However, not many are aware that Divya Bharti was the first choice to play Kiran, and not Juhi Chawla, and this fact comes from Meeta Bharti, Divya's mother. She had said the same in an interview."“Many people still think that Divya lost ‘Darr’ because she had a problem with Yash Chopra. That wasn't the case. When Sunny was signed, he wanted Divya opposite him. But Aamir wanted Juhi Chawla. Unfortunately, at that time, we were in America for some shows. Before we left they announced Darr with Sunny, Divya and Aamir. When we returned it was Sunny, Juhi and Aamir. It seemed that Aamir who was also working with Yash Chopra in ‘Parampara’, managed to push Juhi and had Divya dropped. After he got Juhi into ‘Darr’, he was dropped and Shah Rukh was taken.” Well, seems like Karma got Aamir, if this is indeed true.