half-brother Anupam Kher as Jagdish "Bapu" Diwan / Diwan Sahab Armaan Kohli as Chirag Singh: C.E.O of Pritampur Empire Properties Deepak Dobriyal as Kanhaiya "Musoorie" Chaturvedi: Prem's friend; Sameera's husband Samaira Rao as Sameera Sharma: Chirag and Ajay's agent; Kanhaiya's wife Swara Bhaskar as Rajkumari Chandrika Singh: Dhananjay and Sangeeta's elder daughter; Vijay and Ajay's half-sister; Radhika's sister; Maithili's friend Aashika Bhatia as Rajkumari Radhika Singh: Dhananjay and Sangeeta's younger daughter; Vijay and Ajay's half-sister; Chandrika's sister Deepraj Rana as Sanjay: Head of security of the Royal Palace Sanjay Mishra as Gopinath Chaubey: Head of the drama troupe Mukesh S Bhatt as Chuttan S M Zaheer as Dr. Farooq Ansari Micky Makhijja as Dr. Pankaj Nambiar Manoj Joshi as Bhuvnesh Bhandari: Advocate of Pritampur royal family Suhasini Mulay as Savitri "Dadisa" Devi: Maithili's grandmother Md Jakir Hossain as Prem Friend Yash Abbad as Rajkumar of Rajasthan Special appearances Sameer Dharmadhikari as Raja Dhananjay Maan Singh: King of Pritampur; Bhagwanti, Nandita and Sangeeta's husband; Vijay, Ajay, Chandrika and Radhika's father Lata Sabharwal as Sangeeta Devi Singh: A singer and courtesan of the Royal Family; Dhananjay's mistress turned third wife; Chandrika and Radhika's mother Karuna Pandey as Maharani Bhagwanti Singh: Queen of Pritampur; Dhananjay's second wife; Ajay's mother Namrata Thapa as NGO Worker Yuvika Chaudhary as Unknown Girl Bikramjeet Kanwarpal as Estate Agent Alok Pandey as Manish "Monty" Verma Production Development It was announced in June 2013 by Salman Khan and Sooraj Barjatya and pre-production work of the film began in January 2014 until June 2014. It was titled Bade Bhaiya and later changed to Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, an inspired of mythological Ram Ratan Dhan Payo. Himesh Reshammiya, V. Manikandan and Sanjay Sankala roped as a music composer, cinematographer and editor in the film. Casting Initially, Anushka Sharma, Sonakshi Sinha, Kareena Kapoor, Daisy Shah and Deepika Padukone were rumoured to play leading ladies and they turned down the offer. Finally, Sonam Kapoor was signed and to play a leading lady in this film and marked her second film with Khan after 2007 film Saawariya, helmed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Neil Nitin Mukesh, Anupam Kher, Armaan Kohli, Deepak Dobriyal, Samaira Rao and Swara Bhaskar were signed to play supporting characters. Amrita Rao was considered to play Khan's half-sister and her role went to Bhaskar. Previously, Rao acted in Vivah. Filming Filming began after 1000 days of preparation on 26 June 2014 and