It has often been seen in Bollywood that one actor proves lucky for another actor. Big stars often stumble upon films thinking that it will not work? Some actors not only agree to do it, but also make that film a blockbuster through their strong acting. One such rejected film also fell into Sunny Deol’s lap, which brightened his luck.
Many films of Sunny Deol were released in the 90s. These films also made Sunny Deol the king of the box office. Not only this, as soon as Sunny’s films were released, his dialogues used to be spoken by children. Everyone from elders to children used to memorize Sunny Deol’s dialogues. One of his films was released 17 years ago, which earned more than 4 times its budget at the box office. Although he was not the first choice for this film.
Mithun Chakraborty had rejected the offer
This film was nothing but ‘stubborn’. This film, released in 1997, was a huge hit at the box office. The makers had first offered Mithun Chakraborty for this film and Mamta Kulkarni for the lead actress. But both Mithun and Mamta stubbornly refused to do ‘Ziddi’, after which this film fell in the lap of Sunny Deol and Raveena Tandon.
Remake of Sunny’s film made in South
The makers had spent Rs 7.5 crores to make ‘Ziddi’, but the film made the makers rich by earning Rs 32 crores at the box office. This record was quite big 27 years ago. In the film, Sunny was seen helping the downtrodden, the weak and the helpless. As soon as this film became a blockbuster, South makers also made films inspired by it. This film of Sunny was remade in Tamil and Bengali.