Released on 3 February 1984, with massive billboards of the stellar cast studded around Bombay (Mumbai later), no one saw Tohfa as a serious contender at the box-office, and yet, it ended up being THE biggest hit of the year. Like the average Salman Khan movie today, the Jeetendra flick didn't garner great reviews but pleasing the seven critics in town versus the millions of masses who did enjoy the caper was more important to the cast and crew of the blockbuster! Jeetendra famously said he was interested in his film (and himself) making money - rewards over awards any day. The young leading ladies--Sridevi was 21 and Jaya Prada was 22--just wanted to establish themselves in the Hindi belt after having found fame and success down South. It worked--and how!
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