Kaalia

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Trivia

Album

• This film was remade in Kannada as "Huliyaada Kaala" (1984) and in Tamil as "Cooliekkaran" (1987).
• Tinnu Anand had to work really hard to get Amitabh Bachchan's time for the narration of this film's script. After chasing him from studio to studio for over a year, Anand finally got time from the busy superstar on the sets of the film "Don" (1977). Amitabh had fallen silent when Tinnu Anand had finished narrating the film, upon which Anand had told Bachchan that he knew the actor had liked the film. When Bachchan asked him how he knew that, Anand told him that he had heard that Bachchan would look up or stroke his hair during narrations for scripts that did not interest him, and he had done neither. The superstar was impressed by Tinnu Anand's spunk and agreed to sign up for this film. This was the first of the four films Tinnu Anand would direct Amitabh Bachchan in.[1][2]
• Amitabh Bachchan and Tinnu Anand had a big argument over a line Bachchan was supposed to say in this film - "Tu aatish-e-dozakh se darta hai jinhen hain woh aag ko pee jaate hain paani kar ke". Bachchan did not want to say this line and Anand was insistent on him saying it - the film's dialogue writer was his father Inder Raj Anand. Amitabh Bachchan finally gave in and agreed to say this line in the film.[3]
• Sanjeev Kumar was the original choice of the role in this film that was eventually played by Pran. Sanjeev Kumar had walked out of the film over a full-page newspaper ad that had announced Amitabh Bachchan as the film's hero.[4]
• Amitabh Bachchan's character in this film constantly talks about an imaginary character called Mukhtar Singh. Mukhtar Singh was brought to life by actor Praveen Kumar in the next film on which Tinu Anand and Amitabh work together - "Shahenshah" (1988).[5]
• The iconic line "Hum jahaan khade ho jaate hain line wahin se shuru hoti hai" in this film is famously associated with Amitabh Bachchan but it was actor Bob Christo who first said this line in the film.

Song

• Jahan Teri Ye Nazar Hai - The tune of the mukhda of the song "Palat - Tera Hero Idhar Hai" ("Main Tera Hero", 2014), composed by Sajid - Wajid, was similar to this song. Sajid acknowledged the similarity and said that while he and Wajid were big R.D. Burman fans, their tune was different and not the result of any conscious attempt to copy this song.[6][7]
• Jahan Teri Ye Nazar Hai - In an interview in 2018, Amitabh Bachchan said it was he who had composed the tune of this song. However, it is commonly acknowledged that the tune of this song was adapted from the Persian song "Hele Mali" (1978) by the Iranian artist Zia Atabay.[8]
• Jahan Teri Ye Nazar Hai - This song had to be shot on the sets of the film "Namak Halaal" (1982) due to constraints of budget and schedule.[9]

1. ^ I cornered Amitabh on the sets of Don
2. ^ Don (1977)
3. ^ When Amitabh almost gave up acting
4. ^ 5 Roles That Could’ve Changed Sanjeev Kumar’s Destiny as an Actor
5. ^ Shahenshah (1988)
6. ^ Palat - Tera Hero Idhar Hai (Main Tera Hero, 2014)
7. ^ Palat inspired by Jahan Teri Yeh Nazar Hai
8. ^ Jahan Teri Yeh Nazar was composed by me
9. ^ Namak Halaal (1982)