Dil Se stays Shah Rukh Khan’s first and solely movie with director Mani Ratnam, and whereas the movie is taken into account a cult basic as we speak, the makers of the time had been scared that its tragic ending wouldn’t go down nicely with audiences. At that point the largest specialty of Dil Se was its Dance Number ‘Chaiyya Chaiyya’ And because it was launched within the first half hour of the movie, producers and distributors had been apprehensive that audiences would possibly go away the theater after watching the music, affecting snack gross sales in theatres. Hence, he bought the thought to play the music on the finish of the movie as nicely.
Director Ram Gopal Varma, who was one of many producers of the movie, shared with Bollywood Hungama that co-producer Bharat Shah advised that after Shah Rukh and Manisha Koirala die in one another’s arms, they ‘reunited’. Chaiyya Chaiyya’ may play, however this suggestion enraged Mani Ratnam. RGV recalled that the rapid response to the movie was “very negative”.
“Exhibitors felt that killing Shah Rukh Khan was a mistake. He told us that the audience is not liking the film due to the tragic ending. We were all panicking,” he mentioned.
The director additional mentioned, “Bharat Shah told me that ‘Bahut gadbad ho gaya hai (We made a big mistake). There is only one way to save the situation’. According to him, as soon as Shah Rukh and Manisha Koirala hug each other, we will cut the part where the bomb was dropped. And we will add ‘Chaiyya Chaiyya’ song. He argued that this is the most loved song of the film and the audience will be happy to see it twice.”
Since RGV and Mani Ratnam had been mates, he referred to as the director to tell him concerning the scenario however the replace angered the filmmaker. He mentioned, “Mani was very offended with this suggestion. He requested me an inexpensive query, ‘How can Shah Rukh Khan hug Manisha Koirala and picture Malaika Arora?’
When Varma instructed Shah about Mani Ratnam’s issues, he dismissed them by saying, “Toh yeh sab pehle sochna chahiye tha na. Aur usko bolo ki viewers itna nahi sochegi. Unko do baar gaana dekhne ko mila hai toh voh log khush ho jayenge, (You ought to have thought of it earlier. Tell him the viewers will not suppose a lot. They will get to see the music twice and be proud of it). ,
Gone are the times when bodily prints needed to be shipped to theatres, and because the movie had already been launched, modifying needed to be executed by native theater house owners and distributors, who had been dealing with the movie’s on-ground launch. RGV concluded, “I do not know if theaters went forward and so did they. But they used to do that quite a bit in these days.”
‘Chaiyya Chaiyya’ was a rage again within the day, and remains to be thought of one of many largest hits of the careers of Shah Rukh Khan, Malaika Arora and music director AR Rahman.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
