Five years after his first directorial venture, Aditya Chopra directed his second film, Mohabbatein. The idea of Mohabbatein had been with him for 10 years, even before he made DDLJ. At that time, he believed it was too mature a subject for him to handle.

Sridevi was initially approached to play Amitabh Bachchan's love interest, but she did not take up the offer. Eventually, when the film was made, no one was cast opposite Amitabh.

Mohabbatein released with Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Mission Kashmir.

Did you know: Amitabh and Shah Rukh were offered Sanjay Dutt's and Hrithik Roshan's roles in the film.

While both films were a hit, Mohabbatein stole a march over Mission Kashmir.