Dharmendra-Hema Malini’s mega flop leaves entire Bollywood in debt, director also ruined

New Delhi. From ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ to ‘Masaan’ and ‘Awara’ to ‘Animal’, lakhs of stories have been told in the 100-year golden history of Hindi cinema. As interesting as the stories that have come to the screen, there are equally interesting stories about the making of these films. Often the success or failure of a film is linked to the makers of that film. But there has also been a film of Hindi cinema, due to which the entire industry was in debt. Even the super hit duo of Dharmendra, Dharmendra and Hema Malini could not save the film from sinking.

Betting on the story of a female sultan
We are talking about the film ‘Razia Sultan’ in which the pair of Dharmendra, Hema Malini and Parveen Babi were seen on screen. Director K. After the success of Asif’s ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ and his magnificent avatar, the passion to show this big world on screen started to grow. Kamal Amrohi has already made films like ‘Pakiza’ and ‘Mahal’. In such a situation everyone believed in Amrohi’s vision. It was for this reason that when he thought of making ‘Razia Sultan’, gradually many investors joined him. Released in 1983, this film took 7 years to make. Amrohi also used Hollywood technicians for his film.

Many came, many went in 7 years
A lot has changed in these 7 years from the cast of the film to the story of the film. Earlier, the role of Dharmendra was offered to Amitabh Bachchan in this film. Many heroines were approached for the role before Hema Malini. But finally Hema Malini was seen in the lead role in this film. It is the only film in which both Dharmendra and Hema Malini star and Hema Malini plays the lead role.

Heavy Urdu created trouble
Kamal Amrohi thought of bringing the story of ‘Razia Sultan’, the only female sultan of the Delhi Sultanate, to the screen. The production of the film began in 1975 and the film was released 7 years later in 1983. The film was made at a cost of Rs 10 crore, which was the most expensive Indian film of that era. But the situation changed when the audience completely rejected the film. The film proved to be a super flop. The film grossed only Rs 2 crore worldwide and thus proved to be the biggest flop of Hindi cinema.

Entire Bollywood is at a loss
When the reasons for the film’s flop were discussed, it came to light that the audience could not understand the heavy Urdu spoken in the film. People also said that the pace of the film was too slow. There were many reasons due to which the film turned out to be a complete flop at the box office. After the film’s flop, it is said that so many investors were involved that the entire industry went into debt. The failure of the film affected many financiers, distributors and many small investors. A trade magazine of the time wrote an article after the film that the entire Hindi film industry was in loss.

After the failure of this film, director Kamal Amrohi took the entire responsibility on his shoulders. Amrohi took a long break from cinema after this film. However, after a few years he started thinking of working in a new film but things did not take off. Razia Sultan proved to be Kamal Amrohi’s last film. Exactly 10 years after its release, Amrohi bid adieu to this world in 1993.

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