Govinda’s blockbuster film Sunny Deol rejected, set a special record in 1997

New Delhi. The year 1997 was very special for Bollywood. This year mostly saw the release of films that earned a lot at the ticket window. In the same year, a film directed by David Dhawan was released starring Govinda, Salman Khan, Johnny Lever, Juhi Chawla and Anil Kapoor. The film also created a buzz at the box office in terms of earnings.

Before the year 1997, David Dhawan was preparing to make an action film. When the film was launched, it was thought to be titled Bodyguard. It was supposed to be an action film. At that time, David Dhawan was preparing to make a film with Anil Kapoor, Sunny Deol and Zeba Bakhtiar in mind. But for some reason Zeba Bakhtiar left the film and David decided to change the script and make it a comedy film. After this, Sunny Deol also rejected the film and the film was put on hold.

Not wanting to work with Amitabh Bachchan, the star walked out of the film, then became the reason for Big B’s success himself.

Thus came the idea of ​​making a romantic comedy
Govinda was offered the film after Sunny Deol turned it down. The name of the film was ‘Deewana Mastana’. Released in the year 1997, the film earned more than 24 crores at the worldwide box office that year. It proved to be the tenth highest grossing film of the year. The film created a buzz at the box office in terms of earnings.

These two stars were seen together for the first time
Apart from earnings, this film had another special thing. This was the first film in which Juhi Chawla was seen sharing the screen with Salman Khan. However, Salman Khan had only a cameo in this film. But even with a small role, Salman won a lot of applause for his character in this film. The love triangle of Govinda, Juhi Chawla and Anil Kapoor in the film was also liked a lot. The songs of the film were also a hit.

Let us tell you that not only the work of Govinda and Juhi Chawla was appreciated in this film, but every actor in the film did full justice to their character and received a lot of applause. Johnny Lever was also awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Comedian for the first time for this film. Even today people have not forgotten the romantic comedy of the film.

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Tags: Anil Kapoor, Entertainment special, Govinda, Sunny Deol