Salman Khan and Sridevi in Chaand Kaa Tukdaa: Bollywood Superstars

Salman Khan and Sridevi.
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Oyve. This film tested even the most hardcore Sridevi fan. Be it Chaand Kaa Tukdaa or Chandra Mukhi, both ventures of Sridevi with Salman Khan, were tiresome and... quite frankly, God-awful. 

BUT, such is the world, there are in fact fans of these movies! We found them in Russia - maybe there's something there in the translation. And we noted that children of the 90s loved Chandra Mukhi - the fantasy element somehow worked I guess. 

Have to say, the two looked gorgeous together and, at the time, there was a brouhaha about the age-gap between the two. As Sridevi said, "I'm not all that ancient". Fact is Salman Khan was ONLY 1.5 years younger than Sridevi but as she had already worked in films for 30 years by the time she reached Khan's set, the presumption was she was older. 

Released in the summer of '94, (19 August 1994 to be exact), this was a wash-out from the get-go. Even Sri knew this wouldn't work and didn't turn up for the premiere or the audio release function citing "date problems!"