Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar' is 1 of the champion movies of Aamir Khan. The movie is loved for its plot, formed and besides the fantastic music, particularly 'Pehla Nasha'. But did you cognize that determination was immense occupation during the making of it.
60-70 percent of the movie was re-shot wholly arsenic the archetypal formed was removed and the makers changeable with an all-new cast.
'Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar' was directed by Mansoor Khan. It starred Aamir Khan with Ayesha Jhulka, Deepak Tijori, Pooja Bedi among others.Initially, Milind Soman was formed for the portion which yet was played by Deepak. In a caller interrogation with Screen, Mansoor has opened up connected replacing the cast. He said, "I formed a clump of people, and it was my mistake.
It was the incorrect cast. I really consciousness I should constitute a publication connected Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar. That’s the 1 movie wherever everything felt similar fate, a existent kid of destiny. So galore astonishing things happened. Strangely, everyone who initially came into the project, for 1 crushed oregon another, I rejected the close ones and picked the incorrect ones.
”He added, "We changeable for 40–45 days successful and astir Ooty, Coonoor, past came backmost to Bombay and changeable a batch more, including the songs.
But I could spot the movie was going nowhere. I won’t instrumentality names, but those radical were perfectly unprofessional. They made beingness miserable, not conscionable for me, but for the full crew. The movie was turning retired truly badly, and it besides astir stalled."Due to these reasons, Khan besides thought of wholly giving up connected the project. He said, "I felt similar giving up. But the film’s communicative is astir getting up and winning. So successful a way, beingness was mirroring art.
We stayed quiet. We threw those guys out. They went to the press, said each kinds of nasty things astir maine and Aamir. But we didn’t respond. Our absorption was clear, we had a movie to make, and a bully one. And successful the end, the effect is successful beforehand of you.
”He added, "The idiosyncratic who pulled maine retired of it was Aamir. He said, ‘Throw these guys out. We’ll marque a bully film.’ I was successful a truly acheronian spot then, depressed, connected the verge of a breakdown. I utilized to aftermath up successful the mediate of the nighttime crying during the shoot."Mansoor besides said that immoderate of these radical adjacent came backmost to him later. "Some of those aforesaid radical came backmost to maine later, including Milind Soman. They didn’t recognize filmmaking. They didn’t recognize humility, oregon the director’s role, oregon that the movie is bigger than immoderate individual, bigger than the actor, the director, oregon the producer. They came successful with unusual ideas. But again, the mistake was mine. I shouldn’t person formed them.
"The manager said it was destiny that Milind went and Deepak came in. He besides said that helium doesn't clasp grudges oregon doesn't dwell successful the past. "Why I telephone it a kid of destiny is due to the fact that Milind went out, and Deepak came in. Deepak had really tested with Milind. But Milind got the part, based connected his looks and physique. I wasn’t making casting decisions decently backmost then."He added, "I don’t dwell connected it. I conscionable say: Fine. You did what you did. You mislaid a bully film. You mislaid credibility. You didn’t respect me, oregon the film, and that ever comes backmost around."