Khudgarz

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Trivia

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• This was actor Rakesh Roshan's directorial debut. He had taken to film direction when his career as an actor and later, as a producer, had not taken off. He had been particularly disillusioned by the failure of "Bhagwaan Dada" (1985) and had come close to quitting films. The success of this film changed all that and established him as one of Bollywood's premier directors.[1][2]
• This film was based on Jeffrey Archer's bestselling novel "Kane and Abel". Its commercial success spawned a number of other films based on it or the novel. These included the Telugu films "Prana Snehithulu" (1987) and "Kondapalli Raja" (1993), the Tamil film "Annaamalai" (1992), and the Kannada film "Gokarna" (2003).[3]
• Hrithik Roshan began his Hindi film journey as an assistant director in his father's films. This was one of the four films he assisted Rakesh Roshan in. The other films were "King Uncle" (1993), "Karan Arjun" (1995) and "Koyla" (1997).[4][5][6]
• Rakesh Roshan had visited the Tirupati temple before this film and prayed for its success. In Tirupati, he had promised to shave his head if the film succeeded. When the film became a big hit, his wife Pinky reminded him of his promise. Rakesh Roshan has shaved his head bald since then.[7]
• Rakesh Roshan had chosen the title of this film based on the suggestion of a fan who had told him that all his films that had titles starting with the letter 'K' had been successful. The success of this film resulted in Rakesh Roshan naming every future film of his with titles starting with the letter 'K'.
• The career of actor Kiran Kumar, who had been working in very few Hindi films at the time, got a new lease of life as a villain with the success of this film.
• The Bihari character played by Shatrughan Sinha in this film was initially supposed to be a South Indian character. Rakesh Roshan had originally offered the role to Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth. However, when they turned down the offer, Roshan decided to get Sinha on board and changed the character to a Bihari.

Song

• Aap Ke Aa Jane Se (May Se Meena Se Na Saqi Se) - This song was recreated for the film "Love Breakups Zindagi" (2011). The recreated version was sung by Sonu Nigam and Shreya Ghoshal.[8]

1. ^ The Roshan diaries
2. ^ Bhagwaan Dada (1985)
3. ^ Jeffrey Archer accuses Bollywood
4. ^ King Uncle (1993)
5. ^ Karan Arjun (1995)
6. ^ Koyla (1997)
7. ^ The real reason behind Rakesh Roshan's bald look
8. ^ May Se Meena Se Na Saqi Se (Aap Ke Aa Jane Se) (Love Breakups Zindagi, 2011)