Sunny Deol: Every producer initially rejected Ghayal

In 1990 when debutant filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi was trying to make Ghayal he had unsuccessfully approached several producers to back the project Not many of them were keen to produce the Sunny Deolstarrer at that stage till Sunnys father Dharmendra stepped inThe film was finally produced by Dharmendra and upon release on June 22 1990 went on to become a superhit Sunny was also jointly given a National Award Special Jury Award with Pankaj Kapur and South Indian actress JayabharathiIn a chat with IANS Sunny recalled the making of Ghayal a film that cemented his position as an action heroSunny told IANS Back then Raj was an assistant of Govind Nihalani and he was yet to make his debut as a director We knew each other and he came to me to narrate the story I really liked the story so I promised him to make it Of course Raj was a new director so getting a producer was a task Whoever we went to with the story every producer said that lsquoyeh picture banao maat chalegi nahi dont make this film it wont work Almost everyone rejected the idea of the core story and everyone was suggesting changes After exhausting ourselves with all the lsquono eventually we went to my fatherMy father saw the potential in the story and he decided to produce the film Realising that papa has shown confidence and faith in us we had to work hard and made the film exactly the way we scripted recalled the actorGhayal featured Meenakshi Seshadri Raj Babbar Moushmi Chatterjee Amrish Puri along with SunnyBefore the films theatrical release the actordirector kept a screening of the film for film critics and other members of the fraternityI remember that moment since I am an introverted person by nature I used to feel awkward in front too many people and standing in front of critics and receiving feedback of my work that I am so emotionally attached to was tough lsquoGhayal is close to our heart Raj and I were so nervous After the screening before we came out to meet everyone I told Raj lsquotheek hai ab bann gaya hai badal to nahi sakte its all right we have made it and cannot change it now At least we made the film with honesty Fail ho gaye to aage se aisi story nahi banayenge aur kya if we fail we wont attempt this sort of a story again in the future laughed SunnyThe film went on to be huge success and become one of the highest grossing Bollywood ventures at the box office that year Apart from a Special Jury Award for Sunny the film was also given a National Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome EntertainmentSunny and director Santoshi collaborated on films like Damini and Ghatak after Ghayal Both the films were successesCatch up on all the latest entertainment news and gossip here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever