Sunday 17 October 2010

Amitabh Bachchan and Sridevi on the sets of Khuda Gawah (1992): Rare Pics: Sanjay Dutt in Khuda Gawah

During the making of the epic Hindi film Khuda Gawah, a lot of scenes and cast members didn't exactly make the final cut. 

Instead of Nagarjuna, Sanjay Dutt was supposed to be the young love interest for Sridevi in the film - in the second half of the moive - but for some reason or another, he got the boot. If you google - you'll find the controversial answers but it hasn't been verified so we won't repost gossip here! 

A scene where the father, played by Amitabh Bachchan, meets his daughter, Sridevi, was shot, but did not make the final edit either. 

Would be great to have the blue ray of this film with extra scenes and commentary. A director's cut with the epic-ness of this glorious film...

Hopefully one day... 






















Excerpt from Showtime magazine - as you read this years after the film's release, you can see that the movie went through a lot of changes before the final version hit the screen:

The superstar (Amitabh) matches his wits with the superstarni (Sridevi) in this tough yet tender epic, of passion and pathos. For the first time in an Amitabh movie, a heroine has managed a double role! 

Afghanistan in all its starkness forms the backdrop for Amitabh and his beloved Sridevi in the beginning. However, when the Pathan, accompanied by his daughter comes to India on a mission, back home his beloved dies. Still accomplishing his mission, he stays on until his daughter grows up and is enmeshed in a love triangle of her own, involving Sunjay Dutt and Shilpa Shirodkar. Amitabh plays an elderly role. In spite of all the other tangents, Amitabh says, "The film revolves around the father-daughter relationship."



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    1. Sanjay dutt was initially in the movie he shot some parts too but walked out and later replaced by nagarjun

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