Razia Sultan Movie: In today’s Bollywood, many films and web series can be seen on LGBTQ issues. A lot of content has reached the audience regarding these issues. But there was a time when even talking about these issues proved to be a risk for the makers. It is not that this issue was not touched upon in cinema in the olden times. In the year 1983, the film ‘Razia Sultan’ was made on the plot of same gender love, however, despite the story of love affair of stars like Hema Malini and Parveen Babi, it was a flop.
It took three years to make the film
The film Razia Sultan also had to face many controversies. The makers had spent heavily on this film based around the rule of Delhi in the 13th century. It took the makers three long years to make this film but the film proved to be a flop at the box office. Besides, the makers also had to face tremendous controversies.
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Hema Malini, Parveen Bobby and Dharmendra were included in the lead roles in Razia Sultan, directed by Kamal Amrohi. According to reports, this film, made at a cost of Rs 10 crore, could collect only Rs 2 crore at the box office. After this film, the director had sworn that he would never make a film on such a subject again.
Hema Malini and Parveen Babi’s kiss created a stir
In this film, same gender romance was shown between Hema Malini and Parveen Babi. There was a huge controversy at that time over the kissing scenes between the two. Besides, the Khanty Urdu dialogues of the film also reduced the interest of the audience. Because there were many scenes in which it was difficult for the audience to understand the dialogues.
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