New Delhi. ‘Baazigar’ was a film released in the year 1993, which shook the box office. Shahrukh Khan was seen in a negative role in this film and the negative character made him a star. He received the Best Actor Award for the film ‘Baazigar’. Kajol and Shilpa Shetty were seen with King Khan in the film. But do you know that when filmmakers Abbas-Mustan were casting for their 1993 film ‘Baazigar’, the filmmakers had to face a lot of difficulty in choosing the lead role.
The makers were finding it difficult to choose the lead role because of the script of the film. After reading the script, the stars used to reject the film. Filmmakers Abbas-Mustan recently revealed that when they were working on the casting of the film, they were advised to cast Sridevi in the film.
Abbas Mastan told the story of casting
In a conversation with Komal Nahta, Abbas Mastan mentioned this film of his. Abbas Mustan said that one of the executives of Venus Films, who were the producers of the film, had recommended that Sridevi be cast in a double role. Actually, in the film, two sisters – Priya (played by Kajol) and Seema (played by Shilpa Shetty) should be cast for the role of Priya. He told in the conversation that even when Seema dies, Priya will still be alive trying to solve the case of her sister’s death and people will connect with Sridevi. The director duo recalled that they had said that even when the first girl dies, we will cast Sridevi in the film.
The film Baazigar, released on 19 November 1993, had collected Rs 230 crore.
Abbas-Mustan did not like this idea
But, Abbas-Mustan did not like this idea. He told him that Shahrukh is also in a double role. Although, it is one character, but he is playing it like two people. If sisters also play double roles, it will be very confusing for the audience. He had to gently reject this suggestion so he came up with another suggestion.
Why was the decision taken to cast a new actress?
He said that we felt that if we cast Sridevi or Juhi Chawla in the role of Seema, then it would have full sympathy of the audience, especially the fans of the actress. They will no longer be interested in the film and will also be sad that their favorite actress has died. So we decided to cast a new actress. We thought that when she dies people will be shocked and then people will be like now we are curious to know what happens next.
Shahrukh was ready as soon as he heard the script
After this the directors met Shahrukh Khan, who was interested in working with him. When Shahrukh insisted on having the directors narrate the story himself, he agreed to do the film on the spot.
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Tags: shahrukh khan, Sridevi
FIRST PUBLISHED: March 21, 2024, 16:22 IST