New Delhi:
Sunny Deol’s Rejected Film Made Shah Rukh Khan Superstar: If you like songs and films of the 1990s, then you must have heard the song ‘Aisi Deewangi Dekhi Nahi Kabhi’ from the film Deewana. This film starring Shahrukh Khan, Rishi Kapoor and Divya Bharti was a superhit and its songs broke records. This song was played in every street and locality at that time. While the audience liked this song very much, the same regarding this song. Both the heroes of the film, Shahrukh Khan and Rishi Kapoor were in a crowd with each other. This song was sung by the famous singer of 1990s Vinod Rathod. And this song became the cause of tension between Shahrukh Khan and Rishi Kapoor. Not only this, Shahrukh Khan was not the first choice of the film makers for this hit movie. Later, when Shahrukh was offered this film, he also refused this film.
When Rishi Kapoor and Divya Bharti’s film ‘Deewana’ was released in the year 1992, the film got a lot of love from the audience. Deewana is one of the cult films of Bollywood, which people still like to watch. Be it the story of the film or the songs, they were liked a lot. The film made the makers rich by earning three times more than the budget. Rishi Kapoor and Divya Bharti were in lead roles in the film. Made with a budget of Rs 4 crore, this film made a spectacular collection of Rs 16 crore at the box office.
Let us tell you that Sunny Deol was the makers’ first choice for the role of Shahrukh in this film, but he refused. After this Shahrukh Khan did this role. Shahrukh became a superstar overnight with Sunny Deol’s rejected film. According to reports, Sunny’s father actor Dharmendra had recommended Shahrukh Khan to the makers. According to some other reports, after Sunny’s refusal, actor Armaan Kohli was also approached by the makers, but due to some personal problem of Armaan with producer Shabnam Kapoor, he had to opt out of the film.
Singer Vinod Rathod used to be the voice of many big stars in the 1990s. At that time, Vinod Rathod’s name and his songs were such a hit in the industry that every actor wanted to become a hit on screen by making his voice their own. In such a situation, Shahrukh wanted the song sung by Vinod Rathod to be filmed on him for this film, but Rishi Kapoor wanted this song to be filmed on him. The tension regarding this matter increased so much that the film’s producer Shabnam had to intervene. Shabnam decided that this song would be filmed on Shahrukh. When this film was released, this song along with the film also became a superhit.