Singham Unknown Facts: In 2003, Rohit Shetty started his film career as a director with the film Zameen. That film was a multi-starrer in which Ajay Devgan also had an important role. Still, the film Zameen flopped. After this, Rohit Shetty gave up action films and started making comedy films, among which the ‘Golmaal’ series was a superhit.
In 2011, Rohit Shetty made a comeback in action with Ajay Devgan in the film Singham and this was the right decision of his life. The second film of the ‘Singham’ franchise came in 2014 and the third film will be released on Diwali this year. For now, let us tell you about the collection of ‘Singham’ and some unheard stories.
‘Singham’ completes 13 years of its release
Singham, released on 22 July 2011, was directed by Rohit Shetty while the film was made under Reliance Entertainment Company. Actors like Ajay Devgan, Kajal Aggarwal, Prakash Raj, Anant Jod, Ashok Samarth were seen in the film. You can watch this film on Amazon Prime Video.
box office collection of ‘Singham’
In the film Singham, Ajay Devgan played the role of an honest and strong Inspector Bajirao, which was liked a lot. Kajal Agarwal’s acting in the film was also praised. According to Sacnilk, the budget of the film Singham was 52 crores while the film did a worldwide business of 151.27 crores at the box office.
Unheard stories related to ‘Singham’
A short love story of Ajay Devgan and Kajal Agarwal was also shown in Rohit Shetty’s film Singham. Some unheard stories related to the film are being told here as per IMDB.
1. The Hindi remake of the Tamil film Singham which was released in 2010 was ‘Singham’. In that film, Surya played the role of an inspector while in this ‘Singham’, Ajay Devgan was seen in the lead role.
2. Kajal Aggarwal’s role in the film Singham was offered to Asin and Anushka Shetty. Anushka Sharma refused saying that she will not do Hindi films right now, while Asin was busy with Salman Khan’s film Ready.
3. Prakash Raj, the villain of Tamil film Singam, also played the role of a villain in the Hindi film Singham. After the film Wanted, he was offered many Bollywood films after seeing his villainous role in this film.
4. The police personnel and other people shown in the film were local people of Goa. The rest of the cast was taken from the Marathi film industry and later also he gave chances to Marathi actors in his future films.
5. A dialogue of Ajay Devgan from the film Singham, ‘Aata Majhi Satkali’ was made into a song in ‘Singham Returns’ (2014) because this dialogue became very famous.
