Rare Pics: Tohfa Silver Jubilee Party: Sridevi, Jaya Prada, Jeetendra celebrate the success

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The cast and crew of Tohfa at the silver jubilee celebrations of the film - the movie was the biggest hit of 1984. Before the arrival of the 100-crore club, movies celebrated long weeks/months at the box-office, not entirely sealing their fate on opening weekend collections. 

In above pics, find the leads Jeetendra, Sridevi and Jaya Prada, producer D. Ramanaidu and director K. Raghavendra Rao.

To celebrate the silver jubilee, producer D. Rama Naidu hosted a lavish party at Adyar Gate Hotel, Madras, on April 14, 1985.  

If you look closely at one pic, also find Sridevi's sister Srilatha and niece/cousin Maheshwari

Below: The side-by-side comparison of how the film was made again - not just dubbed but re-shot entirely. Sridevi often said in interviews she didn't always enjoy re-shooting or re-making movies but when the movie turned out to be a success, she didn't mind it! 

Devatha was made in 1982 and after its stupendous success at the box-office, it was remade, frame by frame - but with Jeetendra as leading man - as Tohfa. Sridevi and Jaya Prada reprised their respective roles as sisters in the film. 

Above; Sridevi and Jaya Prada in Devatha - which was remade nearly frame by frame into Tohfa - both were major hits in their respective market. The Telugu film released in 1982, the Hindi in 1984.