Salman Khan’s blockbuster film Wanted has completed 16 years of release. The film by director Prabhu Deva was produced by Boney Kapoor. In this, Salman was accompanied by Ayesha Takia, Prakash Raj, Mahesh Manjrekar, Vinod Khanna, Sarfaraz Hasan, Inder Kumar in lead roles.
It has been 16 years since Salman Khan’s Most Watch Movie Wanted release. The film was released on 18 September 2009. With this action thriller movie, Salman made a comeback with a hit in Bollywood. Let us tell you that about 15 of his films proved to be a flop at the box office before this film. Then Wanted proved to be a lifeline for his sinking career. The film got good reviews from the critics with the release and the audience also liked it a lot. It can be seen on the OTT platform G5 and Amazon Prime Video.
Salman Khan was not ready to wise the film
There are many funny stories related to the film Wanted. It is said that Salman Khan was not ready to work in this movie. In an episode of TV dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Ja 11, Wanted producer Boney Kapoor told how Salman agreed to do the film after his three attempts. He had told- ‘I celebrated Salman twice, but he did not agree. Then I asked him to watch Mahesh Babu’s film, which was a blockbuster movie. After watching the movie, he was ready to work ‘. Let us tell you that Wanted Telugu is a Hindi remake of the film Pokiri, which came in 2006. Parts of Wanted were shot in Greek Island Rhodos, Santorini and Parose.
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Starcast of film Wanted many times changed
The bar was replaced by director Prabhu’s film Wanted’s Starcast. Shah Rukh Khan was approached for the first movie, but he did not find Mahesh Babu’s film Pokiri special and refused. Salman Khan also agreed after a lot of efforts. Asin and Ileana Dikruz were first approached for the role of Jahnavi in the film, but they turned down the offer and got the role Ayesha Takia. Nana Patekar was offered the role of Gani Bhai, but due to his busy schedule, the role was found by Prakash Raj, which was part of the original remake.
Salman Khan again became hit due to film Wanted
Success of the film Wanted gave momentum to Salman Khan’s action hero career and increased his superstardam further. After this film, Salman started the trend of releasing his films on the occasion of Eid. One of his dialogues in the film-“Once I committed, I do not even listen to myself”. It is still liked by fans. In the climax of the film, Salman started the trend of fight scene by shirtless, after which he was seen doing so in Dabangg, Bodyguard and Ready.
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Film Wanted Budget and Collection
The film Wanted was prepared in a budget of 35 crores and did a business of 90.21 crores at the box office. The film was a remake of Mahesh Babu’s film Pokiri, which came in 2006. The director of Pokiri was Puri Jagganath. Ileana Dikruz, Prakash Raj, Nasar, Ashish Vidyarthi and Sayaji Shinde were in the lead role. The budget of this film was 12 crores and it collected 72 crores. It was later remade as Pokkiri (2007) in Tamil and Porky (2010) in Kannada.