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Legendary actor Raj Kumar was known for dialogue delivery in his special style. Raj Kumar of Akkhad -nature was born on 8 October 1926 in a Kashmiri Pandit family in Loralai area of Bluechistan. Bollywood …Read more
Mehul made three films ‘Jangbaaz’ and ‘Tricolor’ till three films ‘Marate Dum’ with Raj Kumar. All three films appreciated the audience a lot. Mehul Kumar had told many stories related to Raj Kumar in an interview. He first approached Raj Kumar for the film ‘Marate Dum Tak’. The producer of this film was Pranlal Mehta. Two of his films Raj Kumar had already rejected.
‘Who Mehul Kumar?’
Mehul Kumar says, I wrote the script of ‘Marte Dum Tak’ keeping Raj Saheb in mind. Raj Kumar had never played the role of ‘Don’. Pranlal Mehta asked me to talk to Raj Kumar. I called Raj Saheb. As soon as I am speaking Mehul Kumar, Raj Saheb said ‘Who Mehul Kumar?’
I told them that I have made many Gujarati films. Two Hindi films have also been made unique Bandhan and Love Marriage. He asked the title. As soon as I told ‘Marate Dum’, the title is good. He said- script is ready, so I said that you listen to the scrutiny. He said – Have you seen the US club? I said that I never went inside the club. I just know that this club is in Kulawa. There is an army club. Raj Saheb was a member of the club. Sir, I called me at 6 pm on Sunday.
Urdu was weakness, happy to see the script
Mehul further says, ‘I went to meet him according to the time. I scripted him in Urdu. He was shocked to see this. I said I knew that you like Urdu. Then he turned one two pages of the script and reached straight climax. I was in tension. Then he said- ‘Climax is also written in detail.’ I said – Yes sir. He said- climax would not have been written in all the scripts that I have. I said that my script is complete, the climax that is written, the same will be the climax .. They asked for a week’s time. Then we met next Sunday. He hugged me and said that the script was very much liked. I am doing this film. Then he asked about the producer, then I told Pranlal Mehta. On this, Raj Kumar said that I have rejected two of his films but I will do this film. In this way, it started till death.
When Raj Kumar arrived in shooting by taxi
Then Pranlal asked to complete the film in just 6 months. When I told Raj Saheb, he was ready for this too. On the first day of the shooting of the shooting of the film ‘Marate Dum Tak’, Raj Saheb came by taxi and the whole unit was shocked. Shooting was taking place on Mud Island. Raj Saheb told that his car had deteriorated in the middle way. From that Juhu, the fare of Mud Island used to be Rs 25, but Raj Saheb gave Rs 500 to the taxi person. However, the taxi was not taking rent. Suppose after much persuasion. In this way, bonding between Mehul Kumar and Raj Kumar increased.
Rajinikanth and Naseeruddin Shah left the tricolor movie
Mehul Kumar and Jungbaaz and the film ‘Tiranga’ also made with Raj Kumar. In the 1989 film ‘Jungbaaz’, Govinda shared the screen with him. Mehul Kumar says that after casting Raj Kumar in the lead role in the film ‘Tiranga’, he was looking for another lead actor. He wrote this character keeping Rajinikanth in mind. He also heard the script to Rajinikanth by going to Madras but left the film on hearing Raj Saheb’s name. Naseeruddin Shah also refused to do the ‘tricolor’. Later Nana Patekar worked in the tricolor with certain conditions.
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