No, the role of Rahul Khanna (Shah Rukh Khan) was not introduced to Aamir, and Aman Mehra’s (Salman Khan) role not turned down by Aamir Khan, because he didn’t offered it to him.

About Rahul role, Karan said “Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol were Karan Johar’s first choices to play Rahul and Anjali, respectively. They had promised to be a part of Johar’s first film back when he was the assistant director on DDLJ”.

And about Aman role Karan suffer before getting a male supporting actor but later “Then began the search for an actor for the character of Aman Mehra. Karan Johar at first met Saif Ali Khan but he refused, saying that he wants to do Indian, commercial parts and Aman seems too western and hip. Then, KJo approached Chandrachur Singh, who had got noticed then thanks to Gulzar’s intense drama Maachis. Also, he was called the ‘young Amitabh Bachchan’ and that probably caught his eye. The actor was narrated the story and said that he’ll get back to Karan. Two days later, Chandrachur Singh informed that he can’t do the said part. ‘I was depressed,’ explains Karan about his state at that point.

Few days later, he attended a party in Chunky Pandey’s house. He had become friends with the actor through Shah Rukh Khan’s wife Gauri, who knew Chunky’s sister-in-law. Guests at this bash began to discuss about Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and this is when Karan opened up that he’s finding it difficult to find someone for the role of Aman. Alvira Khan Agnihotri present at the party informed her brother, Salman Khan, about this offer. Salman, also present at the party, asked for details from Karan who told him briefly about the film and his role. At this, Salman told him, “No hero will want to do this role. There’s only one idiot in the industry who’ll do it, and that’s me. You know, my sister says you’re a nice guy. Come and narrate it to me tomorrow.”