New Delhi. There are some films in Bollywood, whose stories and stories still remember a lot. ‘Sholay’, ‘Wall’, ‘Zanjeer’, ‘Yaadon Ki Baaraat’ is how many such films are there, which also likes to watch today’s generation. Today, there are so many flatforms from theaters to OTT, where people easily watch new to old films. Today’s Hindi cinema likes to believe that ‘content is the king’ but many years ago, people did not even use the word ‘content’ in common colloquial. This is a matter of era when Hindi cinema used to celebrate for its writers.
Do you know that this Salim-Javed pair wrote the story of an all-time blockbuster film by keeping Amitabh Bachchan in Dhyam. However, he flatly refused to do the film. When Amitabh rejected the film, he was disappointed, but then Rajesh Khanna reached with the story of the film, then he also joined hands with the film. Then, he became a star and overnight a star.
Salim-Javed wrote the story of Mr. India
This story is years old. Actually, Salim-Javed had gone for the Muhurta of ‘Atheist’, but the film’s hero Amitabh Bachchan did not come for Muhurta. A voice note was shared on the Muhurta. It used to be a new thing then. Salim Javed got an idea with this, why a film should be made on it. What was the idea that was found and this concept was already made in an English film and something similar was also in Kishore Kumar starrer ‘Mr. X in Bombay’. The film we are talking about is Mr. Mr. released in 1987. India. Anil Kapoor and Sridevi were in the lead role in the film. It was a Calt classic film lasting decades. The film historian Dilip Thakur shared some interesting stories about the film directed by Shekhar Kapoor. He told that the story of ‘Mr. India’ was the last release film of writer couple Salim-Javed.
After ‘Sholay’, the film in which technology was used better
The story of this film was written long ago, but the work on the film was done much later. Salim-Javed gave this concept grandeur, glamor and technology. When Mr. India was made, it was an extraordinary film in terms of technology. Dilip Thakur says that I think after ‘Sholay’, if a film used technology well then it was Mr. India. At that time the computer was new to us.
The film Mr. India was directed by Shekhar Kapoor. It is considered one of the most prestigious superhero films of Bollywood.
When Amitabh made a reject film
He said that it is rumored that Mr. India was written keeping in mind Amitabh Bachchan. But later Big B said that if I do not see it in it, then why should I do the film? After this, the makers also contacted Rajesh Khanna for the lead role, but he did not want to do Amitabh Bachchan’s reject film.
How did Salim-Javed do not separate
A book by Deeptakirti Chaudhary also mentions this story in the story of the greatest screenwriters of Hindi cinema. He has told that Amitabh nor the pair of this star writers became the cause of breaking up. Actually, Javed felt that he might not work with Bachchan as he refused to do the film, which he saw as his ‘insult’, but Salim did not agree with this opinion. A few days later, Javed attended Amitabh’s Holi party, where Salim believes Javed convicted Salim for not working with Bachchan. This misunderstanding brought a sour in their relationship.
Film budget and collection
The film ‘Mr. India’ released in 1987 was India’s first hit superhero film. The film brought a different story of the disappearance band. Apart from India, there was also a rumor in the film China. It received the award for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director. The film started a new trend and the film was given the status of Cult Classic. The film, which was prepared in the budget of just 3.8 crores, earned a tremendous 10 crore of 37 years ago.
Starcast of Mr. India
Anil Kapoor became the new actor. Satish Kaushik, who plays the ‘Calendar’, was also assistant in the direction department. Children were included in choreographer Ahmed Khan, actor Aftab Shivdasani.
