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Thursday, 26 May 2011

Sridevi, Rishi Kapoor and Vinod Khanna in Garajna (1987 - 1991)



With the super-hit cast of Chandni, the film Garajna with Sridevi, Rishi Kapoor and Vinod Khanna never saw the light of day - despite most of it being complete.

The film in fact began production long before Chandni and would have been yet another film where Sridevi had a double role. 

Behind the scenes, the film was riddled with problems. The cast and crew of the film took the producers to court for non-payment and the mostly complete film is - allegedly - in a vault somewhere. If things had gone according to plan, the film would have released in March 1991. Now here we are, nearly three decades later - we might never see the final result.
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Click on the image above to know more about behind-the-scenes drama of the film.

You can see the making of a song below - a doll-like Sridevi rehearse with choreographer Saroj Khan and dance with Rishi Kapoor. Song looks super cute. 

In the Lehrein clip, it clearly indicates the song was being shot on 6 September, 1988!














Above: Rare pic of Sridevi, choreographer Saroj Khan and character actor Annu Kapoor 


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Sridevi and Rishi Kapoor. Click to enlarge






















Above: 6/9/1988 when the scene was shot. Note how young Sridevi looks and how thin Rishi Kapoor was... 

Caught! Anil and Sridevi in Diamond Heist: Pre release feature on Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja back in 1993

Pre- Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja release, one of the many features that ran in various magazines regarding the highly anticipated and over-budget filim. This one's from Cine Blitz.

Some notes from the article, which was mostly filled with images and quotes from director Satish Kaushik; Satish points out, "The ostrich feathers in her [Sridevi's] headgear were flown in from Australia by designer Neeta Lulla." Sreedevi's entire outfit is made of heavy metal and she wore it continuously for 35 days. Her outfit alone cost around Rs. 40,000...

...Sreedevi is a thief [in the film] out to rob the rich guests at the party. "She had five dress changes in this song sequence, which consumed a lot of time. Beside, I had to concentrate on lighting up the entire set properly. One has to exploit the costumes, the sets and the actors." Satish explains.

"Anil disguised as Prince Singh Batata of Matunga and Sreedevi as Princess Chai Mein Chinni of Chinchpokli. Each are out to steal a diamond studded statue. Sreedevi took almost four hours to put on her makeup done by the noted Mickey Contractor. For several days, she used cello tape to pull her eye lids back for that chinky look. As a result she had black marks near her eyes for nearly a month!" - Satish

The most controversial song, having pictured it, the excited Kapoors screened it for all and sundry. Apparently, the style was copied in Brashtachar, Khuda Gawah and Police Officer. Says an excited Satish, "Mr Bachchan sent Sreedevi a truck of flowers. To me, he sent two photographs and a letter which read, 'I'm a struggler in the industry  When will I get the opportunity to work with a director like you?' signed Amitabh Bachchan."

Feature by Keith D'Costa.