Last updated:
The film ‘Garden’ was released in 1984, in which Jitendra, Sridevi and Jayaprada played the lead roles. Shakti Kapoor played the role of Villain and the film was a superhit.
Shakti Kapoor in Tohfa
Highlights
- Shakti Kapoor played the role of Villain in ‘Gift’.
- The film ‘Tohfa’ became the 1984 highest grossing film.
- Shakti Kapoor was hesitant before rolling.
A film came in the year 1984. Whose songs were superhit. Villain was a hit and the cast also rocked. The makers cast Jayaprada and Sridevi. At the same time, Jitendra played the lead role. Yes, we are talking about the gift film. In which Shakti Kapoor achieved popularity as a villain. But do you know, he was hesitant before doing this film. Let us tell the story.
The film ‘Tohfa’, released in 1984, made a huge splash in theaters. In this film, big stars like Jitendra, Sridevi and Jayaprada were seen. The film won the hearts of the audience as soon as it was released and performed brilliantly at the box office. ‘Gift’ became the highest -grossing film of that era. It gave a tough competition to many superstars on its own and crown the 1984 highest Grosing Indian film.
Shakti Kapoor was hesitant
The gift was made by D Ramanayedu. Kader Khan was also in the film. But Shakti Kapoor was in the role of Villain. He was afraid before playing this role. He felt that it is a role like gimmick and comedy. Shakti Kapoor said that Rajendra Nath has been doing this kind of role for Pantal for years and the public has also seen a lot. Of course in the film, people have forgotten Jitendra today but could not forget this role of Shakti.
The dialogue that became so famous was also hesitant about it
According to IMDB, the makers of the gift to Shakti Kapoor explained that people like such spicy roles. No one had seen Shakti Kapoor doing comedy on screen yet. If we talk about power on the party, then there was only a little part in which he was in such a role. At the same time, he also felt that the dialogue with Aau .. Lalithaa is also being used a lot, it may not be liked by the audience.
But when the film was released, Shakti Kapoor proved to be wrong. People liked the film and Shakti Kapoor’s role Kamesh Singh. Then later Shakti Kapoor also made many funny roles which became super hit. Dialogues like his Balma to Fair Rajababu have not been able to forget till date.
The story of ‘gift’ is emotions, love and sacrifice
This film describes the life of two sisters and their heart emotions beautifully. Both sisters fall in love with Rama. But when a sister realizes that her own sister also keeps feeling in her heart for the same boy, she retreats by sacrificing her love. This heart touching story made the audience of that era cry and made it cry. The interesting thing is that the ‘gift’ was a Hindi remake of Telugu’s blockbuster film ‘Devwatha’.
