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Warning: Strong Language and Sexual Content. It was 1985. Indira Gandhi had been assassinated about a year ago. I was consistently in a state of depression. No not because of the tragic demise of Mrs. Gandhi, but because of some kind of chemical locha in my head. Unfortunately Munnabhai had not yet come alive. He would 20 years later. That year, Sanjay Dutt had just returned from the US (I think) after his long haitus, getting himself treated in the US of A to get rid of his drug problem.

Producers were a little apprehensive, as Dutt sat at home twiddling his thumbs waiting for a project. And while he did that, I had realized that there was too much pressure on me. It was my 10th grade. SSC to be precise. The dreaded “Board exams” - to push it down the …

Aapke Deewane is a romantic comedy film having love triangle in the plot. AKD was the debut film for Rakesh Roshan as a Producer.

AKD is a fun film like other films of Rishi Kapoor, came out in the 70s. Influences of films like Khel Khel Mein and Rafoo Chakkar can be found in AKD. Campus based fun of KKM is present in AKD also and like Rafoo chakkar, male character here also pretends to be a woman to earn some money and to win the heart of his love interest.

Hritik Roshan also made his debut in acting with this film. In same year 1980 Hritik was also seen in the film Aasha which was made by his maternal grandfather J Om Prakash. After few years he appeared again as a child actor in Bhagwan Dada. …

There are speculations
that Aditya Chopra’s third directorial venture Rab ne bana dee jodi (RNBDJ) may have inspirations from My Fair Lady (MFL), the 1964 musical film.

Classic film MFL, was based on the musical My Fair Lady, which itself had roots in the play, Pygmalion, written by George Bernard Shaw.

Basu Chaterjee had also adapted the play of Bernard Shaw in to the film, Man Pasand.

Basu Da’s Man Pasand, was perfectly an Indianised version of the play. Man Pasand, though it also followed the same content as MFL but it was still different in treatment and thus it could stand as an independent film in its own way.

Though even star cast has not been finalized by now for the RNBDJ but media has started the speculations. And the only poster released by now does not give any clue that it may have …