Salman Khan Wished To Work In Uunchai Reveals Sooraj Barjatya Who Rejected Him: No More Prem

Actor Salman Khan and filmmaker Sooraj Barjatya have a good old personal and professional bond. The rows of Salman¡¯s character named ¡®Prem¡¯ is a gift of Sooraj that the 90s film witnessed. Infant not with his debut film, 1998¡¯s Biwi Ho To Aisi but Salman got a career kick with Sooraj¡¯s directorial Maine Pyar Kiya. Now Barjatya has opened up about Salman¡¯s wish to do his film ¡®Uunchai¡¯ and why he rejected him.

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Salman and Sooraj¡¯s films like Hum Aapke Hai Kaun and Hum Saath Saath Hain are said to be a lucky charm for Sooraj because of Salman¡¯s on-screen name ¡®Prem¡¯. Yet this time Soraj had to break barriers.

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Sooraj who worked last with Salman Khan on ¡®Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo¡¯ revealed during the trailer launch of Uunchai why he said NO to Salman. Pinkvilla quoted Sooraj saying, ¡°Like I said, ismein maine sab bandhan tod diye. Ek charm tha Prem rakho toh chal jaye, but ismein sab bandhan tod diye maine (As I have mentioned, I have broken all barriers for this film. I had Prem as my lucky charm but not this time).¡±

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¡°When I told Salman (Khan) that I am making this film, he said, 'Why are you going to hills to make this film?' Then later he said, 'I can do this film' but I said no because I wanted a different cast,¡± he further shared.

In Uunchai, Sooraj goes beyond his style of peppy dance and song films. He thinks that this film¡¯s pattern was his biggest challenge.

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¡°Honestly speaking, this is the first time I¡¯m making a film like this. In 2016, writer Sunil told me the subject of the film was about four friends, all 65 plus. It was a humorous story about their mission to trek to the Everest base camp.¡±

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¡°He called it death, but when I heard it, I found it like life. The subject didn¡¯t leave me. In the pandemic, when we were going through our challenges, I decided to take my biggest challenge. If you see the trailer, there¡¯s no marriage, no functions. I tried to put temples though.¡± The filmmaker who traveled to Kanpur, Agra, and Gorakhpur and shot at the height of thousands of feet said that ¡°It was liberating for me.¡±

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Sooraj¡¯s upcoming release, Uunchai stars Amitabh Bachchan, Boman Irani, Danny Denzongpa, Anupam Kher, and Neena Gupta. The film will be the 60th film made under Sooraj Barjatya's banner, Rajshri Productions. Written by Sunil Gandhi, the film will release in theatres on November 11. The film is produced by Sooraj Barjatya, Mahaveer Jain, and Natasha Malpani Oswal.

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