Mumbai. The color of Holi has started appearing in Bollywood these days. Many songs have also been made about Holi in the film world. These songs are the life of every Holi and they are necessarily a part of every Holi programme. Among these, the song ‘Holi Khele Raghubira Awadh Mein…’ (Holi Khele Raghbira….) filmed on Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini holds a very special place. This song was the soul of the film and the interesting thing is that in many ways this film was also special.
In the year 2003, BR Chopra made a comeback on the big screen through the film ‘Baghban’. Earlier he was active in the world of TV and there he made the audience his own with many popular dramas. More than this film was important for Chopra, this movie worked to take Amitabh Bachchan’s career forward. It would not be wrong to say that this family film proved to be the herb for Amitabh’s career.
Amitabh got big support
Around the year 2000, there was a kind of slow down in Amitabh’s career. Her films were coming but she was not doing so well. On the other hand, during that period other artists were hoarding their coins. When Amitabh got the offer of BR Chopra’s film ‘Baghban’, he was very impressed with its subject and decided to do it. This decision proved to be the best chance of his career.
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Has connection with Denmark and Dilip Kumar
The idea of this film came in BR Chopra’s mind about 30 years before the film was made. In fact, he went to a retirement home in Denmark in 1973, during which an elderly man told him his experience of how his children had left him alone. That’s why he decided to make a film on this subject. But it took a long time to start working on the film. There is one more special thing related to this film. Dilip Kumar was first approached for this film but it took time to start the film and he could not be a part of this film, which he regretted a lot.
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The song ‘Holi Khele Raghubira…’ was picturized on Amitabh and Hema for the film. This song was sung by Amitabh and it is still considered perfect for the occasion of Holi. Earlier, Amitabh had sung ‘Rang Barse…’ related to Holi and it was also a huge hit. On the other hand, the special thing is that Amitabh and Hema worked together in this film after 20 years. Earlier both were seen in ‘Atheist’. At the same time, Shahrukh Khan was offered the role of Alok before Salman Khan for the film, but he refused.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : March 07, 2023, 06:49 IST