Recently, a news came in Uttar Pradesh repeating the story of ‘Nayak’. In Uttar Pradesh, a student on CM Portal IGRS demanded himself to be made Chief Minister for one hour, then once again people were told about the Anil Kapoor starrer film ‘Nayak’. ‘ I remembered. This is not the first case, but such cases have come many times in the last 21 years and will continue to come in future also.
21 years of ‘Hero’
Such cases keep reminding of Anil Kapoor starrer ‘Nayak’ in the year 2001. Anil Kapoor played the role of TV journalist Shivaji Rao in the film. Amrish Puri was in the role of Chief Minister in this film. Shivaji gets a chance to interview the Chief Minister one day, during the interview there is a debate between sharp questions. The matter increases so much that Amrish Puri challenges him to become the Chief Minister for one day and assume power. Taking full advantage of this opportunity, try to remove corruption. The story of the film was so strong that it shook people to the core.
‘Nayak’ did not do well at the box office when it was released.(Photo Credits: Poster)
Anil Kapoor was not the first choice of ‘Nayak’
At the same time, due to his brilliant acting, Anil Kapoor was able to win the hearts of the people by becoming the Chief Minister of one day. Whenever Anil came on the screen, the audience sitting in the theater welcomed him by clapping and whistling. But few people would know that he was not the first choice for this memorable film of Anil. In this film, he himself took the work on demand.
‘Nayak’ touched people’s hearts
Actually, when S Shankar decided to make the film ‘Nayak’, his first choice as a lead actor was Aamir Khan or Shahrukh Khan. While talking to the media, Anil himself once told that when both these actors had refused to do the film, when I came to know about it, I myself went to S Shankar to ask for work. I am glad that I was able to do this film. Anil had an idea that the story of this film would be successful in touching the hearts of the common people, but he had no idea that the film would be remembered for years like this and the story would be repeated among the public again and again.
Like ‘heroes’, people are often seen talking about becoming CM for one day. (Photo Credits: BOLLYWOOD MEMORIES/twitter)
‘Nayak’ was a flop at the box office
However, when ‘Nayak’ was released, it did not get much success at the box office. The film could not even recover its cost. But later, apart from the story of this film, the actors got the status of cult films due to the brilliant performances of the actors. Like the hero of this film, people often keep demanding to become the Chief Minister for one day.
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Will there ever be a sequel to ‘Nayak’?
Apart from Anil Kapoor and Amrish Puri, the film also featured Rani Mukerji, Johnny Lever, Pooja Batra, Paresh Rawal, Saurabh Shukla and Sushmita Sen in guest appearances. The music of the film was also tremendous under the direction of AR Rahman, the cinematography of the film was done by KV Anand. There has been talk of making a sequel of this film many times.
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