FLASHBACK: When Aamir Khan took a dig at Shah Rukh Khan and slammed Yash Chopra!

Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh might be meeting up quite often now but the two weren't really friends for years. In fact, the two would silently take constant digs at each other. 

Now, they say two actors on the same level can't afford to be friends. It might be true. Today, they are superstars but they were younger, there was strong competition between them too. In a 1994 interview, Aamir had taken a jibe at Shah Rukh's meteoric rise. 

In an interview with Screen, when Aamir was asked about whether he was envious of SRK's success because he was working with top banners, he said, "I would if I did not get the response I do from my audience. I don't think the audience respects me any less than it does Shah Rukh. That he has had two blockbusters in a row, which is what Anil (Kapoor) had after Tezaab and later Salman (Khan), does not become a barometer for any star's popularity."

He added that it has to be 'something more long term than two hits'. The current mass hysteria for Shah Rukh was inevitable. They do that to every hero after a successful release. I enjoyed it too after Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, after Dil, after Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke. These waves come in everytime there's a hit. It's no big deal," he added.

Not just that, in the same interview, he lashed out at Yash Chopra for dropping him out of Darr, the role which eventually made SRK a household name. "One, I did not walk out of Darr. I was removed from the film. Two, I was removed from the film because I asked for a joint narration with Sunny Deol. Initially, the director agreed, but later I don't know why he changed his mind. When I persisted, he phoned to say 'Aamir, let's work some other time.' So I said, 'Fine' I said that success and failure are not in my control. But using my judgement for choosing a success or a failure most certainly is. And I was using this judgement when I accepted Darr. When I said yes to Darr, I was absolutely sure of two things - one that the film was going to click and two, that I was going to enjoy doing the role. My doubts about my enjoying it, surfaced when the director refused t give a joint narration. In a way I was relieved when I was finally out of the film, because this was better than suffering all through its shooting. If I felt sad, it was about my missing out on a very good role.," he said. 

He also revealed that he would never work with Yash Chopra, because of what he did. "No. I'll never work with him. Not after this incident. Our styles of working are different," he was quoted by the magazine.