Bollywood
FRIDAY TRIVIA: Deepak Tijori said that he battled with Salman Khan for the role of Prem in Maine Pyar Kiya.
Maine Pyar Kiya is unquestionably one of Bollywood’s most iconic flicks. This is, without a doubt, the film that made Salman Khan a star and helped him get a foothold in the hearts of his fans. Indeed, his followers remember this film, its music, and its dialogues, and they never grow old. But can you image how different this movie would be if Salman wasn’t in it? In today’s flashback Friday, we bring you a clip from Deepak Tijori’s interview, in which he disclosed that he was competing for the main role in this film with the Bajrangi Bhaijaan actor.
Yes! Yes, you read that correctly. Deepak Tijori, a well-known personality in the 1990s, said in an interview with Bollywood Hungama that he and Salman Khan both auditioned for the role of Prem in Maine Pyar Kiya. He was competing, but subsequently Sooraj Barjatya informed him that the Barjatya family had opted to go forward with Salman after watching the rushes. He went on to say that he and Salman were the only two guys in the running for the part of Prem. “They even informed me that if I was chosen, they wanted to change my name on the screen and talk about how they wanted to launch me,” the actor continued.
Meanwhile, Maine Pyar Kiya was released in 1989 and was Salman’s first leading role. It also marked Bhagyashree’s acting debut. The Sooraj Barjatya-directed film went on to become one of India’s highest-grossing films at the time. Bhagyashree, on the other hand, stated shortly after that she was leaving the industry after only one film to marry Himalaya Dassani.
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Kareena Kapoor says ‘Taimur probably doesn’t even know all the drama’ that erupted around his name
Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan welcomed their elder son Taimur in December 2016. After the row, Saif had even suggested renaming Taimur.
Actor Kareena Kapoor has opened up about the controversy around the name of her elder son Taimur Ali Khan. MissMalini Showbiz posted a video on Instagram in which the actor shared how the row affected her. She also added that her husband-actor Saif Ali Khan “was very relaxed and calm about it”. She also recalled her grandfather Raj Kapoor’s advice on how to react when people talk about celebrities. (Also Read | When Saif Ali Khan considered renaming Taimur: ‘We drafted a pathetic letter, Kareena was against it’)
Kareena recalls Raj Kapoor’s advice
Kareena said that he had told her that if people are “talking about you, good or bad, they are talking about you, otherwise why would they talk”. Raj Kapoor had added that that she has to take it in her stride “if you want to be a superstar otherwise this place isn’t for you”. He advised her to have “patthar ka dil (be strong)”.
Kareena talks about row around Taimur’s name
Kareena said, “Of course, it affected me that people were talking about his name. He probably doesn’t even know that there was a whole drama and now suddenly everybody if like, ‘Ok whatever’. But he also got a lot of love for the fact that people were so interested in him. I was like, ‘But why? Because you don’t even know him, he is so small’. So I feel that now he will slowly understand and is understanding the whole culture of the fact that people follow him or he is being clicked.”
Kareena shares what Saif had told her
She added, “But I have to obviously keep reminding him that, ‘It’s important that you do something, your parents have done something.’ So he has figured it out slowly and I took that in my stride. In fact, Saif was very relaxed and calm also about it. He was like, ‘We need to be calm and we need to be sure.’ So I’m happy we had each other to discuss that. That’s also the reason why I share a lot on Instagram but yet I don’t share a lot on Instagram. I’m happy to be accessible to my fans for what they need to see. But there’s also a side because of everything I’ve been through I’m always gonna be a little away.”
Row around Taimur’s name
Taimur was born in Dcember 2016 and when his parents decided his name there was an uproar. The decision attracted much controversy, with Saif even suggesting at one point that he was open to renaming the boy. Kareena had a few years ago said that a prominent film industry personality rudely told her that she’d made a mistake by naming her child Taimur. In 2017, Saif told Mumbai Mirror that he was aware of why people were upset. Many drew a connection to the Turkish invader Timur. Saif and Kareena have two sons–Tamir and Jehangir Ali Khan (Jeh), born in 2021.
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