Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla successful Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak. (Photo: Express Archive)
Filmmaker Mansoor Khan, whose vocation successful Hindi films roseate alongside that of his cousin, histrion Aamir Khan, present lives a reclusive beingness successful Tamil Nadu. In a uncommon interview, helium spoke astir the breakout occurrence of his archetypal film, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, and its travel up, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar. He said that he’s gladsome his archetypal draught for Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar wasn’t produced, due to the fact that it would’ve destroyed Aamir’s vocation earlier it adjacent began.
Appearing connected the India Now and How YouTube channel, Mansoor said that helium came up with the thought for the sports play earlier helium made Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, which was conceptualised by his father, Nasir Husain. “I began penning a story, which yet became Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar… Daddy was penning Qayamat, to motorboat Aamir. We started successful 1986, and the movie was released successful 1988; I’m a dilatory filmmaker. But the constituent is, adjacent I had Aamir successful caput for Jo Jeeta; helium would’ve been 19-20 astatine the time. Thankfully, I didn’t marque that film. I would’ve destroyed Aamir’s career.”
Mansoor explained that helium wasn’t blessed with the script, which is wherefore helium agreed erstwhile his begetter asked if he’d beryllium funny successful directing QSQT. “I asked him, ‘What is this movie about?’ And helium said, ‘It’s a emotion story’. I said, ‘But each Hindi movie is simply a emotion story’,” Mansoor continued. He said that helium remained displeased with however the movie had turned retired to this day, and made his sentiment known astatine the proceedings show.
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak near an indelible people connected the careers of galore involved, including actors Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla and manager Mansoor Khan, who made their debuts with this film. (Express Archive photo)
“I was truthful upset aft the archetypal trial, I was telling my father, ‘We request to reshoot the scenes, they’re truthful bad’. And my begetter was walking confidently, and I’m moving aft him saying ‘This is bad, that is bad’. He’s not adjacent listening to me, due to the fact that helium sensed that it’s good. But adjacent today, I consciousness that I should person changeable those scenes differently, a precise tiny part,” helium said.
After gaining acquisition with QSQT, helium realised that helium was going ‘in the incorrect direction’ with Jo Jeeta, which prompted him to rewrite the film. “My dada understood the audience’s pulse, but I had nary idea. I wasn’t a movie person, I wouldn’t spell to Gaiety Galaxy… I realised that radical had adjacent enjoyed the scenes I disliked. So I rethought and rewrote Jo Jeeta.”
Mansoor present lives successful Tamil Nadu, wherever helium works arsenic a farmer. He occasionally works connected films arsenic well, if and erstwhile Aamir asks him to. For instance, helium was progressive successful his nephew Junaid Khan’s upcoming romanticist movie arsenic well.
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