New Delhi. In the winter of 1969, ‘Hurricane’ named Rajesh Khanna knocked in Indian cinema. In a single year, two films gave birth to the first superstar of Hindi cinema. Shakti Samanta’s ‘Aradhana’ and Raj Khosla’s ‘two ways’. But the first few days of ‘two routes’ were uncertain at the box-office. Mahesh Bhatt, who was a young ‘production hand’ in the film at that time. He cried badly over the bad situation of the film, this is said in the upcoming biography of Raj Khosla, whose May 31 is the 100th birth anniversary.
Raj Khosla gave superhit films in many genres. Thriller ‘CID’ (1956), suspenseful ‘Who was that?’ (1964) and the romantic drama ‘Do Badan’ (1966) reflects his versatility. But her previous two films, ‘Anita’ (1967) and ‘Chirag’ (1969), could not perform well. The borrowers were at the door.
The film ‘Do Rasta’ released with ‘Aradhana’
‘Do Rasta’, which he produced and directed, was based on Marathi writer Chandrakant Kakodkar’s novel ‘Nilambari’. When the film was released on 5 December 1969 at the Royal Opera House in Bombay, Editor Vaman Bhonsle and Mahesh Bhatt were in theater.
‘Aradhana’, is houseful, people do not come here, the picture will submerge… ‘
According to a report by the Times of India, Biography writer Amborish Roy Chaudhary writes in the book, ‘A manager named Desai. He came to Bhatt and Bhonsle and said, ‘In front of the power of Shakti,’ worship ‘, she is houseful in advance. People do not come here. The picture will sink. When Mahesh Bhatt heard this, he broke. Vaman Bhonsle had seen all this earlier, but Bhatt Saheb was only 20 years old and was emotionally associated with the film.
Raj Khosla also decorated with spiritual practice
‘Raj Khosla: The Authorized Biography’ stated that the film originally ended with some ‘mother-son relationship with emotional lines’, which was not working well with the audience. After this, Raj Khosla contacted heroine Sadhana, he showed the film to the actress and asked her to give her opinion. Sadhana suggested the film to be finished with the clip of the track ‘Bindiya Chamkegi’.
Film for more than 50 weeks, ₹ 300 got bonus
However, after this, the ‘two routes’ lasted more than 50 weeks in the same opera house. The borrowers were paid. Raj Khosla announced a bonus for some staff members. Mahesh Bhatt also got a bonus of Rs 300, which was then equal to his one month salary. ‘He gave me ₹ 300 extra to shed tears!’ In the preamble of the book, Mahesh Bhatt Raj Khosla has been described as his guru and master.
