Sunny Deol started shoot for this film, walked out after some misunderstandings, Akshay Kumar grabbed the offer, film became blockbuster and then…
This is one of the hits from the late 90s era that Sunny Deol walked out of. It is was then offered to Akshay Kumar who was struggling for a good film at that time.
Akshay Kumar has delivered over a dozen flop films until he found his ground with the target market. Which is one such film that changed ‘Khiladi’ actor’s destiny. Do you know that this movie change into in actuality offered to Sunny Deol first? Yes, you read that right. This hit film from the 90’s era change into to cast Sunny Deol in the lead role and he agreed to the offer along with. But things went down hill with the producer and Deol walked out of the film .
Reportedly, the film had to be shelved post that incident because the producer had to suffer a major lss on the capital invested. This film is ‘Jaanwar’ that change into released in 1999. It change into directed and produced by Suneel Darshan. As per reports, the film change into made on a budget of around Rs 4.2 crores. And the film did wonders on the box place of job and minted almost over Rs 12 crores.
In an old interview with ETimes, Suneel Darshan said, “It change into initially written for Sunny Deol but his whimsical tantrums and dilly-dallying on the pretext of now not being satisfied with the script ended in the breakdown of the bond between us.”
Explaining further about how the role circled to Akshay, the producer explained in the interview that his career change into in “doldrums” with over a dozen flops. Later the actor approached him and ” With Kumar’s zest his reputation of being disciplined plus offering 100 per cent commitment landed him with the role that changed his destiny forever!’’
The film change into in the end revived with Akshay in the lead role. It also featured Karisma Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty, Johnny Lever, Shakti Kapoor, Ashutosh Rana among other actors.
Since then, Akshay Kumar headlined a considerable selection of the blockbusters like Bhool Bhulaiyaa, Aankhen, Hera Pheri, OMG, Singh is King etc. But, in the latest past, one in the total foremost bankable stars in the industry is outwardly have a rough time with a series of flops.
Currently, on the work front Akshay Kumar recently shared an update about Housefull 5. ‘Bhoot Bangla’ is one in the total foremost anticipated films on the way to be released soon.
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