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The Past Blast: When a Salim Khan flop inspired Subhash Ghai's Ram Lakhan with Jackie Shroff & Anil Kapoor   The 1989 Subhash Ghai directorial, Ram Lakhan, fronted by Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit and Dimple Kapadia has attained a cult status over the years in the genre. There have been attempts to remake the classic in the past, but nothing really materialised, as every actor from the younger generation wanted to play the role of notorious Lakhan. However, very few know that it was actually a flop film that inspired Subhash Ghai to make this blockbuster.   ​In 1988, celebrated writer Salim Khan had written a film titled Falak to be directed by Shashilal K Nair. The film featured Jackie Shroff and Shekhar Kapur as brothers, with the latter playing a cop. The story chronicles the tale of how two brothers avenge the death of their father. The writer had organised a special screening of the film for the industry at light box in Santacruz and Subhash Ghai was ...

The Past Blast: When Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra and Vinod Khanna were to play the three Musketeer's Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra have acted together in multiple films including some iconic ones like Chupke Chupke and Sholay. Both Big B and Dharmendra are named among the biggest superstars of Indian Cinema, with unparalleled fan following across the nation in their peak era. Back in the 1970s, multiple producers tried to bring the duo together, however, very few succeeded. Not many are aware of the fact that when Sholay was in the making, the writer duo of Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar along with GP Sippy and Ramesh Sippy were planning another film with Dharmendra and Bachchan. The creative team was working on a Hindi adaptation of Hollywood classic The Three Musketeer’s and had even locked the leading men in Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan and Sanjeev Kumar. The film was titled Teen Farishtey. Just when everything was moving smooth, there was a delay in shooting schedule of Sholay,...

The Past Blast: How Sunny Deol and Salman Khan came on board Sajid Nadiadwala’s Jeet 25 years back, producer Sajid Nadiadwala pulled off a casting coup by getting Sunny Deol, Salman Khan and Karisma Kapoor together in the Raj Kanwar directed Jeet. The film released on August 23 and proved to be the third highest grossing film of 1996 and the biggest hit then for producer Sajid Nadiadwala. However, not many know that getting the cast was not an easy task. According to industry insiders, after having a bad experience with Yash Chopra in Darr, Sunny Deol had taken a stand of not doing two hero films with any of the upcoming three Khan’s in the 1990s. Despite this being a chatter in the industry, Sajid went to him with the character of Karan. After hearing the narration, he initially showed some concerns as Sajid and Raj already had plans of casting Salman as Raju. But, he absolutely loved the script and character and on seeing the transparent approach of Sajid, he agreed to come on board ...

The Past Blast: When Shatrughan Sinha replaced Amitabh Bachchan in the Akshay Kumar fronted Aan: Men At Work  In 2004, Madhur Bhandarkar was planning to make an action-packed drama, Aan: Men At Work, revolving around a tale of three cops, making an attempt to make Mumbai a crime free city. The script called for several key characters and with the help of producer Firoz Nadiadwala, the director wanted to pull off a casting coup. The film was the talking point of the town due to the formidable ensemble with Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, Shatrughan Sinha, Paresh Rawal, Jackie Shroff, Irrfan Khan, Raveena Tandon, Lara Dutta, Om Puri and Ravi Kishan among others. However, very few know that Amitabh Bachchan was the first choice to play the character of senior inspector Vikram Singh in Aan: Men At Work. The actor had gotten into advanced conversation with Madhur and Firoz to the extent that they had even locked the remuneration and shooting schedule. However, just weeks before beginning t...

April Fool's Day 2022: Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar to Ranbir Kapoor; Stars who are the biggest pranksters   It is April’s Fool Day - That one day when you get to unleash your inner child who wishes to prank people and just have a good laugh! Today is the only day when you can jest your friends without feeling guilty and we hope you make full use of this day! Need some inspiration? Well, our beloved celebrities of Tinseltown are always here to help you out. So here are some of our amazing stars who are spectacular pranksters and always have some or the other funny tricks up their sleeves. Ranbir Kapoor Ranbir Kapoor  might be calm and composed but he is always up for some fun. During the filming of Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, while Aditya Roy Kapur and Kalki Koechlin were supposed to drink water in the scene where they have to chug vodka, Ranbir switched it with real vodka and surprised his co-stars. Aamir Khan Kiran Rao calls  Aamir Khan  ‘an incorrigible prankster’ and ri...

The Dirty Picture turns 10: A decade on, 5 ways in which the Vidya Balan starrer blew people away Vidya Balan starrer The Dirty Picture has turned a decade old today. Director Milan Luthria’s film released 10 years ago, on December 2nd, 2011. The film has been a defining moment in Balan’s career, unleashing a whole other dimension of her charming talent. Apart from Vidya, the film featured Naseeruddin Shah, Emraan Hashmi, and Tusshar Kapoor in pivotal roles. The Dirty Picture is inspired by the life of Vijayalakshmi Vadlapatla, popularly known by her stage name, Silk Smitha – an actress and dancing star in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi films of the 1980s. The film was bankrolled by Ekta Kapoor and Shobhaa Kapoor.  The Dirty Picture has left an imprint on people’s hearts in more than one way. While Vidya Balan wooed viewers with her spectacular act as Silk, there are several other aspects in the film that blew audiences’ minds.  As The Dirty Picture turns 10, let...

Yami Gautam heaps praise on Vidya Balan and Shefali Shah’s Jalsa: Films that are pushing creative boundaries…  Yami Gautam is all praises for Vidya Balan and Shefali Shah’s latest release Jalsa. Yesterday, the actress took to her Instagram stories and shared the motion poster of the movie. Along with it Yami wrote a sweet note stating that films like Jalsa which are pushing creative boundaries deserve all the love and appreciation coming its way.  Yami’s note read, “Films that are pushing creative boundaries & raising the bar higher rightly deserve all the love & appreciation! Coming from one of my favorite directors and such phenomenally talented & powerhouse of actors, Vidya Balan & Shefali Shah, was an experience in itself! MUST WATCH (red heart emoji)”.  Talking about Jalsa, The Suresh Triveni directorial stars Vidya Balan and Shefali Shah in the leads. The movie follows the story of two mothers Maya Menon (Vidya) and Rukhsana (Shefali) belonging to tw...

A decade of The Dirty Picture: When Vidya Balan and co. opened up new avenues for Bollywood  On December 2, 2011, Vidya Balan left a mark in the industry by saying that it’s only “entertainment, entertainment and entertainment’ that works at the box-office and it doesn’t matter if it’s by a male protagonist or a female. The Ekta Kapoor production, Dirty Picture, directed by Milan Luthria proved to be the super hit at the ticket window and the highest grossing film led by a female protagonist at that point of time. The film raked in Rs 80 crore at the domestic box office with footfalls of 1.15 crore, which was a record back then and it paved way for a new wave of cinema led by the leading ladies of our industry. Of course, the film also featured Emraan Hashmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Tusshar Kapoor, but it was eventually Vidya, who was riding the project on her shoulders. The film was keenly anticipated right from the word go as the trailers, particularly Rajat Arora’s dialogues had ca...