1. - Dimple Kapadia, Ajooba, India, 1991. They had last worked  together in 1986 and “Puppy” was not keen on co-starring again with megastar Amitabh Bachchan. 

2. - Madhuri Dixit, Beta, India, 1992. The Bollywood queen felt she was making  too many films with Anil Kapoor. And so, a  new Bollwyood star is born...

3/4 - Kajol and Shilpa Shetty, Baazigar, India, 1993. Sridevi was invited to play a dual role in the thriller. Then, director Abbas-Mastan (aka  co-directing brothers Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla and Mastan Alibhai Burmawalla) got two other actresses realising audiences would hate Shahrukh Khan’s hero “if he killed Sridevi.”

5. - BD Wong, Jurassic Park 1993. The proof of being a Bollywood queen is refusing  an offer from mighty Steven Spielberg. Well, she was hardly  going to take time off  a burgeoning  career for a minor role.... (Spielberg signed Bollywood villain Amrish Puri for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 1984).

6. - Maniksha Koirala, Yugpurush: A Man Who  Comes Just Once In A Way, India, 1998. Sridevi agreed to a first time  teaming with the controversial Nana Patekar - and then didn’t. Because of her role. “I’ve developed a mental block against playing a prostitute. I get uncomfortable -  I won't be able to do full justice to the character.”

7. - Manisha Koirala, Market, India, 2003. Among the veterans asked to play the courtesan Muskaan Bano. The following year, “Puppy” made her 261 films in 38 years. Some puppy!