Raasta: The Shelved film of Sridevi with Dilip Kumar, Mithun
We've written about the film before here - Social Media dug out this rarely seen poster.
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Seth Studios witnessed the launching of Guru, on Saturday, August 16 [1986]. Produced by R.C.Prakash, the film is directed by Umesh Mehra. what really intrigued people was the star pair of Mithun-Sridevi, who had sworn not to act together. Hearsay has it that the producer and director who are friendly with the pair, got them together. The mahurat was followed by a party at SeaRock. The highlight of this occasion, were two torch-bearers who led the leading lady, to a cake. Not a very starry turnout of Shakti Kapoor, Roopesh Kumar and Sridevi’s sister Srilatha, attended. Nevertheless, it was crowded with distributors and producers from Bombay and the South. They’ve probably all waiting for the reconciliation of Mithun-Sridevi, so as to grab he opportunity.

August 1996, the mahurat/launch of the film Guru, with the most talked about superstars, Sridevi and Mithun Chakraborty, reuniting at a party was 'the' event of the year. These images went viral - and the garlands sealed their fate as the images were seen as a tacit signal that the two had secretly married, despite zero evidence or verifiable quotes from either of them! They themselves never spoke of their alleged relationship, but it didn't stop the press from publishing the news that the two most famous Indian actors of the 1980s. The used to the images of them in garlands as proof that they had secretly married--with no paper trail or actual photographs of this alleged wedding as evidence. Just pure speculation and innuendo. Every year, the same news cycle gets repeated with no one to deny or confirm it.
Well, did ya know Sridevi had her own Ek Do Teen before Madhuri Dixit did?! Well, Waqt Ki Awaz featured this hit song and dance routine with Sridevi and Mithun Chakraborty! Out of the four films they appeared in this was one of the three blockbusters. There was a time when it looked like these two together couldn't give a flop as every film upon film grew in box-office. Then... it all fizzled out.
Sridevi and Mithun in Guru - a massive hit of the 1980s.
Dozens of pics from this film in the archive here.
He may have worked with other actresses in far more films, but the success and box office blockbusters, Mithun mostly had in films with Sridevi.
Till date fans from Russia (and around that region) all have a stockpile of Sridevi and Mithun pics, movies and massive fandom.
Dozens of pics of Mithun with Sridevi in this memorable film here.
Sridevi and Mithun Chakraborty on the sets of the film Waqt ki Awaz (1988). A huge hit in the 1980s in Bollywood.
Today, Mithun Chakraborty turns 72!
Of the four films they did together, three were superhits.
And oddly enough, their best film, their first film together Jaag Utha Insan was the only good one! And their only flop.
Go figure.




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