Birthday Boy Tom Cruise as Raj Malhotra and What Else Is Possible

What if Tom Cruise did do ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ as originally planned?

If Tom Cruise had been finalised for Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge. 

(Photo altered by: TheQuint/Veeru Krishan Mohan)

Aditya Chopra reportedly wanted to make Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge as an Indo-American film with Tom Cruise in the lead. Luckily, Yash Chopra wasn’t game for it and Shah Rukh Khan stepped in.

As Tom Cruise turns a year older, we thought it might be fun to replace some of SRK’s popular film posters with that of the Mission Impossible star.

Take a look:

Imagine Tom Cruise singing Sooraj Kab Door Gagan Se... (Photo altered by: TheQuint/Veeru Krishan Mohan)

Would we still go bonkers, if Tom played Kabir Khan with the famous “sattar-minute” dialogue? (Photo altered by: TheQuint/Veeru Krishan Mohan)

Tom Cruise courting Anushka and Katrina in Jab Tak Hai Jaan. (Photo altered by: TheQuint/Veeru Krishan Mohan)

Tom Cruise and Hrithik Roshan as brothers?  (Photo altered by: TheQuint/Veeru Krishan Mohan)

Would we still share copious tears listening to Tom Cruise’s final monologue? (Photo altered by: TheQuint/Veeru Krishan Mohan)

Tom Cruise would’ve played another avatar of Ethan Hunt in Main Hoon Na. (Photo altered by: TheQuint/Veeru Krishan Mohan)

Tom Cruise as a Bollywood extra? LOLZ. (Photo altered by: TheQuint/Veeru Krishan Mohan)

Happy birthday Tom! You can return gift us with the next Mission Impossible.

(This article is from The Quint’s archives and was first published on 3 July 2017. It is being republished to mark Tom Cruise’s birthday.)