Mere Karan -Arjun aayenge ..many of the cine lovers would have watched or listened this dialogue .This dramatic dialogue is from the movie that brought together two Superstars (Shah Rukh khan & Salman Khan) of Bollywood for the very first time,The movie was Karan – Arjun.
Karan Arjun has Superhit . It has been 25 years since this bromance first started and still going strong. This 1995 Rakesh Roshan film is now regarded as one of the most iconic films of Bollywood . With dialogues performances ,music, in Every parts of the film etched deep in our minds.
So, on this celebratory day, when this movie completes 25 years ,we look at few facts you probably didn’t know about the film and the stories behind them:
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You will be surprised to know that Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan were not the first choice of director Rakesh Roshan. Roshan had initially planned to cast Ajay Devgn and Sunny Deol for the movie. Ajay was supposed to portray Salman’s character in the film.
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‘Karan-Arjun’ was originally titled as ‘Kaaynaat’.
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Hrithik Roshan worked as an assistant director and had assisted his father Rakesh Roshan in ‘Karan-Arjun’
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‘Karan-Arjun’ became the second highest grossing film of the year 1995.
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While SRK was a renowned name before doing ‘Karan-Arjun’, Salman Khan was yet to become a big star.
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Interestingly, it was Juhi Chawla who was supposed to play Shah Rukh’s love interest in the movie. However, things changed and the role was given to Kajol.
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Even Mamta Kulkarni was not the first choice for Salman’s love interest in ‘Karan-Arjun’. This role was originally offered to Nagma
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‘Koi Mil Gaya’ actor Rajat Bedi did a body double for SRK in the action sequences of Karan Arjun.
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Rakesh Roshan dreamt about the story before immortalizing it on film!
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The film became the highest grossing film of 1995!
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Salman was given the role when SRK ‘strongly recommended’ him
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Juhi Chawla was said to be paired with SRK initially, but the role later went to Kajol
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Akshay Kumar was also considered for the role of Karan (Salman)
