New DelhiThere are many stories related to this film released in the year 1980. This movie could not break the record of Sholay but it captured the hearts and minds. The songs were liked a lot, even today when Antakshari is played, the song that comes to people’s tongue as soon as the letter ‘Y’ comes, ‘Yamma-Yamma’ was also from this film.
Shakal also scared people a lot. This was the role that Sanjeev Kumar was initially supposed to play, but then he suffered his first heart attack and reportedly due to ill health, he stepped aside and the film was lost.
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Dharmendra-Hema Malini had given up
Ramesh Sippy wanted to repeat the star cast of Sholay. Everything was set but Dharmendra did not like his role and he backed out. Seeing this, Hema also avoided it. This pair was replaced by Shashi Kapoor and Bindiya Goswami. Sanjeev Kumar was also out of the film and Kulbhushan Kharbanda played an important role in the film.
Despite being made on a big budget, it proved to be a flop.
Not only this, Vinod Khanna also parted ways with this film and joined spiritual guru Rajneesh. In this situation the role fell in Shatrughan Sinha’s lap.
Shaan was one of the expensive films of that era. A lot of money was spent; the movie was made with a budget of Rs. 6 crores, which was almost twice the cost of ‘Sholay’. When it was released, the shows were doing well but then negative mouth publicity dashed everyone’s expectations, the film proved to be a flop but was later re-released. Due to this the makers earned more than the cost.
Let us tell you that the total collection of the movie was 8 crores. When it was shown on Doordarshan, it was included in the list of cult films. State-of-the-art technology was used. The sets were inspired by foreign films. With the release, one character stuck in our hearts and minds and that was Takla Shakal. After Gabbar, Shakal became the king of villains. He was the life of the movie.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: December 12, 2024, 18:20 IST
