Baazigar proved to be a landmark movie for Shah Rukh Khan’s profession when it was launched in 1993. Starring Kajol and Shilpa Shetty as lead heroines, the movie was directed by Abbas-Mustan. However do you know, at one time, ace filmmaker Sriram Raghavan deliberate his model of the movie? Throughout an unique interview with Pinkvilla, Raghavan revealed that he had written a model of the story after studying a novel, however was disenchanted to be taught that it was already being made.
Sriram Raghavan revealed that in his preliminary days in Bollywood, he learn a novel and was impressed by the story. “Yaar ye to very good kahaani hai, ye to mereko banana hai (This is a superb story, I’ve to make it),” the filmmaker recalled telling himself with out realizing that he had to purchase rights for it. “I used to be only a man with the story, so then I began writing that, and I had completed a model of it,” he mentioned.
The Merry Christmas director shared that whereas discussing the story with Tinnu Anand, he discovered that the movie was already being made and he was appearing in it. He additionally recalled watching Baazigar later within the theater and quietly witnessing the viewers having fun with it.
On being requested how in a different way he would have made the movie, Sriram Raghavan mentioned that he would have made it extra just like the story of the unique novel. Raghavan mentioned that it was the story of a psychopath who needs to be a millionaire and ki*s three women to satisfy his dream.
He additionally recalled assembly Shah Rukh Khan and Abbas-Mustan and telling them what occurred. Curiously, Raghavan pitched the story to Vidhu Vinod Chopra, who did not like that it did not have songs. The filmmaker recalled that VVC recommended that he make it extra entertaining.
In the meantime, Sriram Raghavan is at present busy together with his upcoming battle drama Ikkis, which is predicated on the lifetime of Second Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal. The movie stars Agastya Nanda, Dharmendra, and Jaideep Ahlawat within the lead amongst others.
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