Climax Scene For One Couple: Be it Bollywood or South, there have been controversies regarding many films. Sometimes questions were raised about a character in the film and sometimes there was an uproar over a scene in the film. A similar film was also released in 1981, regarding which there was a lot of controversy. There was a scene in this film which made couples commit suicide after seeing it. In such a situation, that scene of the film had to be changed not once but twice.
We are talking about the film ‘Ek Duje Ke Liye’ which was released in the year 1981. Kamal Haasan made his Hindi debut in this film. Rati Agnihotri appeared with him as the lead actress in the film. This was a romantic drama written by K. Balachander directed and Laxman Prasad produced it.
Raj Kapoor did not like this scene
When the film ‘Ek Duje Ke Liye’ was ready, K. Balachander first showed it to Raj Kapoor. The climax of the film was sad and Raj Kapoor wanted a happy ending. That is why he did not like the climax of the film. Raj suggested that the climax of the film be changed. But the director did not do this.
Earned 10 crores by investing 10 lakhs
Because of the climax scene of ‘Ek Duje Ke Liye’, no distributor had bought the film. In the end Laxman Prasad himself had to distribute the film. The film was released and people liked it a lot. Made with a budget of just Rs 10 lakh, this film earned Rs 10 crore. But there was an uproar when couples, inspired by a scene in this film, started committing suicide.
People started committing suicide after watching the film
In fact, in the climax of ‘Ek Duje Ke Liye’, Kamal Haasan and Rati Agnihotri, a couple, commit suicide by jumping off a mountain and after seeing this, many couples started doing the same. Now there was pressure on the makers of ‘Ek Duje Ke Liye’ to change the climax of the film and the last scene of the film was also changed. But the fans did not like this change and then the film ran in theaters with the old suicide climax.
