Swag was one of Rajesh Khanna’s last hit films. The film also starred Govinda and Juhi Chawla and was directed by David Dhawan.
Starring Rajesh Khanna and Govinda, Swag can be seen as a passing of the baton from superstar to superstar. By the time David Derwan’s film came out in 1990, Rajesh Khanna Once known as Hindi cinema’s biggest superstar, he was in trouble.but his co-star GovindaHaving tasted fame a few years earlier, he was beginning to become the biggest superstar of his time. The two are notoriously late to movie sets, and during a recent exchange, one of their film co-stars shared a behind-the-scenes anecdote.
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Arun Bakshi, who played the role of the film director in ‘Swarg’, said he was a big fan of Rajesh Khanna and was in complete awe of the Aradhana actor while filming the movie. Bakshi said Dhawan didn’t have to convince Khanna too much to take on the role of swag matriarch. However, he also said that when Khanna was filming the movie, he was questioning himself.
By this time, Khanna’s heyday had passed, and she saw few hits throughout the 1980s. “During the Swag era, Rajesh Khanna was going through a period of downhill. At that time, he had some issues with his self-confidence. There was,” he told Bollywood Tikana.
Asked if Khanna was questioning herself, Bakshi nodded and said, I previously worked with him at his Awam in BR Chopra. Even though it was downhill, he was happy, but here things were a little different. ”
Regarding the issue of co-stars’ punctuality, he said Khanna would show up almost an hour late, but declined to comment on Govinda’s punctuality. ‘Swarg’ was one of her last few hits in Rajesh Khanna’s career and became her one of the highest-grossing films of the year.
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Date first published: May 12, 2023, 09:56 IST
