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Anil Kapoor Best Film: In the year 1987, a film was released in theaters, which created a lot of uproar at the box office. The name of that film was ‘Mr. India’, which gave Anil Kapoor’s career a big flight. By the way, Amitabh Bachchan was the first choice for this film.
New Delhi. We all know that Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar have been instrumental in making Amitabh Bachchan a superstar. At the same time, in the year 1987, the story of the film ‘Mr. India’ was written by Salim-Javed and Amitabh Bachchan was approached for this film.
According to media reports, Amitabh refused to work in ‘Mr. India’. It is said that during that time he was busy in politics and because of this he could not accept the offer of this film and then the film went into Anil Kapoor’s bag.
This film proved to be lucky for Anil Kapoor. With the release, the film proved to be a blockbuster at the box office. People started moving to theaters with their entire family. Children have also liked this film very much. The film also broke several records at the box office.
According to Wikipedia, it emerged as the second highest grossing film of 1987. After this film, Anil Kapoor also benefited a lot. His career got a new flight. He dominated the world overnight.
Anil’s character in this film was of a superhero and is also called India’s first superhero film. Amitabh Bachchan must have regretted not working in this film. Let me tell you, ‘Mr. India’ was directed by Shekhar Kapoor and it was jointly built by Boney Kapoor and Surinder Kapoor under the banner of Narasimha Enterprises.
Its story and screenplay was written by the pair of Salim-Javed, which was their last support before separation. Starring Anil Kapoor, Sridevi and Amrish Puri, the film is the story of Arun Verma (Anil Kapoor), who is a social worker, who gets a watch that disappears as soon as he wears.
While renting his home to pay his debt, he meets journalist Seema Sahni (Sridevi) and he falls in love with him. Meanwhile, the film’s villain Mogambo (Amrish Puri) plans to win over India.
‘Mr. India’ was released on 29 May 1987. It proved to be a big success for its director and artists and proved to be a milestone for its rare superhero style in Hindi cinema. After the success of this film, it was also made in Tamil under the name ‘N Raththin Rathme (1989)’ and ‘Jai Karnataka (1989)’ in Kannada. At the same time, a 3D sequel named ‘Mr. India 2’ was announced in 2011, but its construction has not started yet.