We are talking about the film ‘Baazigar’ which proved to be a turning point not only in Shahrukh Khan’s career but also for the film industry. This was the same film in which Shahrukh Khan’s strong acting had made him an established artist, rather he had played such a character that it had changed the definition of hero in films.
It has been three decades since the release of the film Baazigar, but even today this film has a distinct identity and craze among the audience. In this film, Shahrukh Khan played such a role of a villain on screen, which even today gives goosebumps to the audience. Shahrukh’s pairing with Kajol and Shilpa was greatly liked in the film.
One special thing about this film is that Shahrukh Khan was not the makers’ first choice for this role. Before Shahrukh, the makers had approached stars like Salman Khan and Anil Kapoor for this role. But not everyone took the risk of playing this gray shade character.
After this, this role came to Shahrukh and he played the role of a boy on screen who sometimes risks his life to save a girl from goons and sometimes becomes cruel and kills his own girlfriend.
This gray shade character had also confused the audience whether this character should be called a hero or a villain. Rakhi, who played the role of Shahrukh’s mother in this film, and even the distributors believed that the character of the film should not die in the climax.
Then for this, Abbas Mastan had filmed two climaxes of the film, in one, Shahrukh’s character dies and in the other, the police comes and arrests him. However, after much brainstorming this idea was dropped. History is witness that this film proved to be a bumper hit at that time.
Published at : 07 Mar 2024 09:27 PM (IST)
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