WHY DID THE WAR BREAK OUT BETWEEN DILIP KUMAR AND MANOJ KUMAR ??
Written & Narrated by ASHUTOSH SINHA
Edited by REKHA SINHA
"The Bollywood Files"
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The film "Kranti" was produced and directed by Bollywood veteran Manoj Kumar. And let us tell you, actor Manoj Kumar also did the work of writing the screenplay of the film "Kranti" along with writer duo Salim-Javed.
Friends ! Great, excellent, huge, prestigious! If the grandeur of the patriotic film "Kranti" is depicted by using many heavy words like glorious, best, splendid, excellent, then this is not an exaggeration, but it is reasonable, you should understand that the film "Kranti" made a lot of headlines at that time. Had cast a spell on the audience. Watching the movie "Kranti" had become a festival for every family.
Overall, "Kranti" proved to be a stupendous success at the box office. The film featured stellar performances by a star cast including Manoj Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Shatrughan Sinha, Prem Chopra, Parveen Babi, Sarika, Madan Puri, Tom Alter and Nirupa Roy.
The film "Kranti" depicts the story of revolutionary farmers who united against the British Raj. The film was well received by the audience due to its powerful music and poignant emotions.
As a result, the film "Kranti" topped the list of best films of Hindi cinema.
Rekha Sinha: Friends, the film "Kranti" was released on 6 February 1981. Watch the eager crowd of onlookers at the merger to witness it. And in no time Kranti became the fastest grossing film of your time. Many records were set in most of the circuits except Mumbai and South India.
According to Siddhant, the film "Kranti" did a business of Rs 16 crore at the box office, which was a huge amount for that time. The film achieved a remarkable feat by celebrating the silver jubilee in 26 different takes, including locations such as Mirzapur (UP) and Junagadh (Gujarat). Very few films in the history of cinema have achieved the distinction of Rajatjayanti Saket in more than 25 documents.
Now it is the turn of the funny stories related to the film "Kranti". Friends, let me tell you, the special prints of Kranti, the most brilliant film of that era, were also bought from Japan.
Manoj Kumar once said that this was the time when it took 120 to 150 takes to complete the shooting of a film, which was completed in 55 to 100 days. At the same time, it took Manoj Kumar 2 years to make the film "Kranti", and not only Ikna, "Kranti" took only 2 months to make the Click Max film. It was not that easy, but it was very expensive, tiring and exhausting, but Manoj Kumar did not give up. The making of the film "Kranti" on him was like a passion ride.
Friends, let us tell you, in a scene of Manoj Kumar's film "Kranti", Dilip Kumar is involved in heavy chains, and he is presented in the Raj Darbar. While filming this scene, there were repeated re-takes. The scene was not being shot at all.
In fact, Dilip sahib was being brought tied with heavy iron chains which was troubling him. After all, an exasperated Dilip Kumar had said that "The chains that they wear, first effect it. The chains are not bearing the load."
Friends, due to the presence of many actors in the film "Kranti", it was becoming very difficult to assemble everyone for the shooting, there used to be the problem of dates of the stars, and many other problems often occur in the shooting, such The budget of the film "Kranti" in 2015 was stretched a lot, seeing that the funds could not be arranged from anywhere, Manoj Kumar sold his bungalow to complete the film, but the matter did not stop here, and when needed, he moved to his Juhu residence. The land was also sold for the film "Kranti", on which he once dreamed of building a theatre. Friends, I told you earlier, Manoj Kumar was obsessed, he wanted to complete the fi…
Friends, there are more funny stories related to the film "Kranti", just stay with us in "The Bollywood Files".
Making a multistarrer film like "Kranti" is not an easy task, for that it requires fighting spirit, vivacity and courage, which cannot be bought or borrowed from anywhere. Friends, it is inbuilt inside a human being, even inside Manoj Kumar since childhood. He had all these qualities.
It is said that neither friendship nor enmity lasts forever in the film industry. But sometimes it happens that things do not just remain on the professional level but become personal. Something similar happened between Dilip Kumar and Manoj Kumar. Some such things happened which ended their closeness forever.