It's hard to imagine Badhaai Ho without Neena Gupta and Gajraj Rao but not many know that these two actors were not the first the first choice of director Amit Sharma. In fact, the director’s first choice for the role of the elderly couple was Tabu and Irrfan Khan. During a recent interview, Amit Sharma revealed that he initially wanted to cast Tabu for the role of the mother. However, the actress rejected the role stating that she "looked like a woman who can still have a child."