3 min readNew DelhiFeb 26, 2026 06:35 PM IST Daisy Shah had been part of the industry since the early 2000s, but she rose to prominence only after starring opposite Salman Khan in the 2014 film Jai Ho. Interestingly, this wasn’t the first Salman Khan film she was offered. She had earlier been approached for his 2011 release Bodyguard, but turned it down as she felt the role would do justice to her acting aspirations. Before stepping into films full-time, Daisy worked as an assistant to choreographer Ganesh Acharya. Speaking to Bollywood Hungama, she shared, “When I was an assistant choreographer, I earned Rs 5,000 on a daily basis. Sometimes we would shoot for ten days a month, and sometimes all thirty.” Active since 2001, Daisy initially tried her luck in Kannada cinema and also made special appearances in several songs. It was during this phase that Salman offered her a role in Bodyguard, which she declined. Clarifying the sequence of events, she said, “I never auditioned for Bodyguard. I had auditioned for Jai Ho. …