It has been thirty years of Jo Jeeta Who Sikandarone of many few Hindi movies which have blended the ideas of affection, friendship, enmity, sportsmanship and sophistication divide and but, by the top of it, it’s a story that conjures up, touches and stays with you.
Director Mansoor Khan known as Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar ‘a movie of future’ up to now. The movie was initially imagined to star Akshay Kumar reverse Aamir Khan, and Nagma, however future had different plans. Talking concerning the being rejected for the movie, Akshay advised mid-day in an earlier interview: “Apna display take a look at diya maine, for Deepak Tijori’s function. And they did not prefer it. And, apparently, I used to be crap, in order that they eliminated me.”
Mansoor Khan’s youth drama launched on May 22, 1993. The filmmaker, who made his filmmaking debut with Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak in 1992, all the time supposed Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar to be his first movie. At the Mumbai Film Festival (2016), he had shared with movie critics Anupama Chopra and Rajeev Masand how the movie panned out. He started by sharing how he was impressed to jot down Sanju’s character from his personal life; it was an autobiographical function that was performed by Aamir Khan.
Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar launched in 1992. (Photos: Express Archives)
He had additionally revealed why it took him a lot time earlier than he may lastly begin filming Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar. He had stated, “I used to be not capable of write it. Because I did not know easy methods to write a topic like this, and in addition I used to be probably not a cinema particular person. So, I used to be not very fluent with what works with the audiences and what would not, however I knew what I needed. If you see what I used to be writing then, it was a totally completely different script. There was no father’s character, there have been two brothers the place the elder brother was virtually like a father, so I used to be exploring completely different relationships, it was fairly a wacko zone. So, it was a very good factor that I gave up on that, and my dad (Nasir Khan) advised me, since you might be working in your script so why do not you’re employed on mine, I need to launch Aamir. Actually I had Aamir in thoughts even for Jo Jeeta, however he’s fortunate that I did not make that first. Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak gave me an actual sense of the place I must be going, and that have I dropped in right here.”
The rivalry between Model and Rajput colleges represents the rivalry between lessons.
Mansoor’s assistant director, actor Deven Bhojani, who performed Ghanshyam or Ghansu in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, calls the movie a life-changing occasion. In a candid chat with indianexpress.com, Deven shared, “We all had just passed out of college, and it was like a holiday when we shot for Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar. Aamir (Khan) and I were in the same college, and I had done Gujarati theater, so Aamir knew me from that time. He had seen and liked my work in Kaafila and Malgudi Days, so he made sure I was a part of Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar. The film, in a way, changed my life. I was not only cast in the film as Ghanshu but I was also an assistant director to Mansoor Khan on the film. That’s where my journey as an actor and a filmmaker started; people started taking notice of my work. Before this, of course, people saw me as an actor, but my ‘director banne ka keeda’ was there from the very beginning and this film gave me that window of opportunity.”
Aamir Khan and Ayesha Jhulka in a nonetheless from Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar. (Photo: Express Archives)
He added, “I started getting acting offers mostly after Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, and gradually started doing TV as well. Whatever I learned from Mansoor sir, came in handy later when I directed Sarabhai V/s Sarabhai and other shows. I then decided to go to the US to pursue filmmaking and film direction.”
Deven has fond reminiscences of working with Aamir. He shared, “We spent a lot of time together as a unit while shooting the film. We mostly shot in Ooty and Kodaikanal and Aamir and I, both, were quite fond of chess, so we used to play the game in our free time.”
When requested what’s that one reminiscence of his co-star — Aamir Khan — that he remembers vividly until date. He shared, “There was a pet in Ooty that Aamir actually received hooked up to. He would play with it on a regular basis and spend quite a lot of time with it. When we have been ending the shoot of the movie, he requested round concerning the pet and if he may undertake it. People have been fairly joyful about it and Aamir even introduced the pup with him to Mumbai. He named him Peanut, the canine was with him for a really very long time after that.”
A nonetheless from Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar.
While Aamir is understood to be a critical technique actor, he’s additionally fairly common for his pranks on set. Devin shared one such occasion. “Since I was quite young on set, and as an assistant director, I was in charge of checking continuity supervisor (member of a film crew who oversees the continuity of the motion picture including wardrobe, props, set dressing, hair, makeup and the actions of the actors during a scene). Aamir would pull my leg all the time, he would ask me questions like ‘did I make two or three folds of my shirt’s sleeves?’ ‘What colored socks I had work in the last shot?’ and I would say, ‘I don’t care about the color of the socks as they aren’t seen in the scene and I don’t care about the sleeves, they should just be above the elbows’,” shared Deven.
Pooja Bedi, who performed a bratty Devika within the movie, was termed a ‘gold digger’ by Aamir’s Sanju within the movie, however the latter disagrees and known as the set-up extra like an ‘Archie Comic’. In the dialogue at MAMI, Pooja had shared how she was the bratty Veronica and Aamir was Archie, right here no person was “bad”, however simply “playful” and “colourful”.
About the movie, Pooja had shared in an interview with indianexpress.com how she feels proud to be part of a movie, so exceptional, but so enjoyable and clear. She had stated, “It’s a movie that’s enjoyable, clear and stuffed with nostalgia about faculty days, friendships, love and crushes that resonate with every of us. The songs have immortalized the movie particularly Pehla Nasha, which performs on radio in authentic and quite a few remixed variations until date. It’s the simplicity and relatability of the characters and story line that has saved it evergreen.”
“The film was a mega point of my career and my flying red dress in Pehla Nasha atop a car has kept me larger than life and in people’s memories for three decades. If one has seen Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, one cannot ever forget that flying red dress in the song has immortalized me. It was so much fun shooting the film and the best thing that ever happened to my public image and to keep me in everyone’s memory.”
Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar was the extra relatable faculty or faculty dramas that we now have at this time. While the starcast of the movie has aged like tremendous wine, the reminiscences and the songs of the movie keep younger even until date.
(Inputs from Mimansa Shekhar)
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
