Filmmaker Mansoor Khan, famed for his iconic collaborations with cousin Aamir Khan in movies like Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak and Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, lately revealed a captivating perception. He admitted that had the unique draft of Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar been made, he feels it might have ‘destroyed’ Aamir’s profession.
Mansoor Khan, whereas talking on the India Now and How YouTube channel, shared how the thought for Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar got here to life even earlier than Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, a movie conceptualized by his father, Nasir Husain. He started growing the sports activities drama in 1986 with Aamir Khan in thoughts, who was simply 19 or 20 on the time. In the meantime, Nasir was creating Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak to launch Aamir’s profession.
Reflecting on the timeline, Mansoor admitted that had he pursued the unique model of Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, it might have jeopardized Aamir Khan’s early profession. Luckily, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak got here first, paving the best way for his or her later successes. “Fortunately, I didn’t make that movie. I’d’ve destroyed Aamir’s profession,” he stated.
The filmmaker revealed that dissatisfaction along with his preliminary script for Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar led him to tackle Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak when his father, Nasir Husain, instructed it. Though hesitant at first, dismissing it as ‘simply one other love story’, he ultimately agreed to direct.
Regardless of the movie’s success, the director admitted he was by no means absolutely happy with the ultimate product and even expressed his disappointment in the course of the trial screening.
Mansoor additionally recalled feeling annoyed after the preliminary trial of Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, even urging his father to reshoot sure scenes he felt weren’t on top of things. Whereas he critiqued particular elements of the movie, his father remained assured within the general end result, dismissing his considerations.
Regardless of the film’s eventual success, he admitted that, even at present, he needs he had approached a number of scenes in another way. “Even at present, I really feel that I ought to have shot these scenes in another way, a really small half,” he stated.
Reflecting on his journey, Mansoor Khan shared that engaged on Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak helped him acknowledge flaws in his unique strategy to Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar. This realization led him to rewrite the movie fully. He admitted his father, Nasir Husain, had an instinctive understanding of viewers preferences, one thing he initially lacked.
He confessed he wasn’t attuned to mainstream cinema, not often visiting iconic theaters like Gaiety Galaxy. Nonetheless, seeing audiences respect scenes he had dismissed gave him a brand new perspective, inspiring him to reshape the movie with a extra grounded and fascinating imaginative and prescient.
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