Almost everyone has seen family drama films like ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’, ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun’, ‘Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon’, ‘Vivah’. There has been a phase in the life of every person, when these films used to be his favorite. Today is the birthday of Sooraj Barjatya, the director and producer of these films. Although films are run in the name of superstars, but in 1990 the craze of Sooraj Barjatya was such that people used to recognize films by his name and wait for their release. Not only this, Sooraj Barjatya has given Bollywood a superstar like Salman Khan. Although Salman was not Sooraj Barjatya’s first choice for Maine Pyar Kiya.
Was rejected after seeing the photo
From ‘Maine Pyaar Kiya’ to ‘Hum Saath Saath Hain’, Sooraj Barjatya has cast Salman Khan as a hero in 60 percent of his films. However, Salman was not Sooraj’s first choice for the film ‘Maine Pyaar Kiya’ that made Salman Khan a superstar. It is said that during the casting of this film, Sooraj rejected Salman Khan only after seeing his photo.
Salman Khan’s casting happened because of this
Sooraj Barjatya believed that Salman Khan is too young for Maine Pyaar Kiya. Sooraj Barjatya also took Salman Khan’s screen test, but he could not be satisfied with Salman’s look. So he continued his search. During the casting, Salman Khan started giving advice to Sooraj Barjatya. He began to help the director in the casting. Sooraj Barjatya liked this avatar of Salman Khan. However, Sooraj chose Faraz for ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’. Faraj left the film due to ill health and Sooraj Barjatya signed Salman Khan for the role of Prem.
Made only 7 films in 33 years
Sooraj Barjatya, the grandson of Tara Chand Barjatya who started Rajshri Productions and son of famous producer Rajkumar Barjatya, started his career as an assistant to Mahesh Bhatt. After a few years of training, in the year 1989, he made his first film ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’, which not only made Salman Khan a superstar, but also made Sooraj Barjatya’s name shine in the industry. Sooraj Barjatya has made only 7 films in his career of 33 years. Experts say that Sooraj Barjatya always tries to make a perfect film and takes a lot of time to produce a film. This is the reason why he has made only a few films.
These are 7 movies of Sooraj Barjatya
- 1989 – I made love
- 1994 – Hum Aapke Hain Koun
- 1999 – We are together
- 2003 – I am crazy about love
- 2006 – Marriage
- 2008 – Ek Marriage – Aisa Bhi
- 2015 – Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
- 2022 – Anchay
Let us tell you that except Ek Vivah Aisa Bhi, the script of all other films has also been written by Sooraj Barjatya. Apart from this, he has also directed all the films.