Actress Manisha Koirala said that she wasn't Sanjay Leela Bhansali's first choice for his debut directorial 'Khamoshi: The Musical'. "He just said, 'Manisha, I've written this script, just go through it. You're not acting in it, Kajol and Madhuri are my choices'," she recalled. Manisha said she told him to cast her in case both the actresses weren't available.