Madhuri Dixit left her acting career in 2002 to move to the United States of America. After her departure, other actresses like Rani Mukherji, Preity Zinta, Aishwarya Rai, and Kareena Kapoor took over and became the leading A-list actresses. When she decided to make a comeback, no leading actor (Khans, Devgn and Kumars) were ready to act with her. Considering she was in her mid-30s, she could not be paired with someone like Hrithik Roshan or Shahid Kapoor.