Actor Ameesha Patel has opened up about landing Mangal Pandey: The Rising after Aishwarya Rai Bachchan exited the film, revealing how her equation with Aamir Khan and an earlier casting twist during Lagaan played a role in the opportunity coming her way.

During a conversation with Bollywood Bubble, Ameesha was asked if she landed the role after Aamir saw her interview and was impressed by her intelligence.

Responding to this, she said, “Aamir actually saw an interview of mine with BBC and found me very intelligent. And we had done an interview together in Delhi .…