No one can think of any other actor in the place of sanjay dutt in titular character in the subhash ghai’s khalnayak.
But do you know Khalnayak cast was Jackie Shroff and Nana Patekar.Yes you heard it right .Actually Maverick director subash ghai revealed some facts about his past and future projects.
Subhash Ghai reveals originally he was planning to cast Nana patekar with jacky shroff in khalnayak.He revealed that he was prepping for an art-house kind of movie with Jackie Shroff and Nana Patekar headlining as the cop and the criminal. The filmmaker said that it just ended up becoming mainstream masala entertainer with Sanjay Dutt as the Khalnayak, a love story, track related to the mother, multiple songs!
The brilliant dierector also talked about his upcoming projects and his schedule in lockdown while Speaking to a daily
The filmmaker revealed that he is already working on the sequel of Khalnayak and is also gearing up for Kalicharan remake, the film was his first directorial venture.He added that he is using this lockdown to work on his upcoming projects. The director revealed that he has been teaching his film school students one hour daily amid lockdown.
Ghai said that for the past six to seven months, he has been only working on creating content and is ready with two bound scripts. The sequel to Khalnayak will take the original story forward. The original film featured Sanjay Dutt as Ballu and Madhuri Dixit. The filmmaker will take the story further as Ballu’s character comes out of jail. It was Sanjay Dutt who urged Ghai to pen the sequel. He said that part 2 took them two years to write and it will feature a younger villain with a blockbuster cast just like the original film.
Ghai also promised that the sequel will find a connection with the new generation. He also said that they could even work on a six-hour digital series by developing characters since a thriller could engage the audience.
Speaking of his directorial debut Kalicharan, the remake of 1976 drama has a gripping screenplay with the same kind of plot but a new way to present it. Shatrughan Sinha starred as a daring cop and criminal in the film. The filmmaker further added that two or three young actors have shown keen interest in the remake over the years.
While Khalnayak has enseble cast of jacky shroff ,sanjay dutt ,Madhuri dixit and Rakhi ,the movie released in 1993.on the other hand, Kalicharan, features Shatrughan Sinha, Reena Roy, Ajit , Danny Denzongpa, Madan Puri, and Premnath. The movie released in 1976.
