Films that saw a release after a long wait

There are films that take years to be made Then there are films that take ages to release Bagging a proper Friday release is nothing less than an achievement in the industry today Love in Bombay starring Joy Mukerji and Waheeda Rehman released last week after a gap of 40 years Even K Asifrsquos muchacclaimed MughaleAzam waited 15 years to see the darkness of cinema halls While it went on to be hailed as a classic most of them were not as lucky Ulfat Ki Nayee Manzilen Starring Rajkumar Saadhna Waheeda Rehman Director K Shankar Production 1968 Release Year 1994 At 26 years this particular film took way too long to release Love and God Starring Sanjeev Kumar Nimmi Pran Director K Asif Production 1960 Release Year 1986 It took more than two decades after running into a series of difficulties including the deaths of lead actor Guru Dutt in 1964 and director K Asif in 1971 The film was abandoned only to be revived by Asifrsquos widow Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam Starring Shahrukh Khan Salman Khan Madhuri Dixit Director KS Adhiyaman Production 1994 Release Year 2002 The movie went through many different titles The original title finally became Hum Aapke Hain Sanam but the producers thought it was too similar to Hum Aapke Hain Koun But it wasnrsquot the reason behind it extended delay Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke Starring Shahrukh Khan Raveena Tandon Navneet Nishan Director Birendra Nath Tiwari Production 1994 Release year 2004 This film was originally called Jaadu in 1994 Shah Rukh Khan and Raveena Tandon has shot 1012 reels of this film but refused to do a kissing scene They both had quit the film and it was shelved The final version went without the kiss 3 Bachelors Starring Sharman Joshi Raima Sen Riya Sen Director Ajay Sinha Production 2002 Release year 2012 This film was originally made almost a decade ago but was not released for unknown reasons It finally hit the theatres in July last year amidst a lot of controversy and litigations between producers and Sharman Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai Starring Arjun Rampal Bobby Deol Ameesha Patel Director Raj Kanwar Production 2002 Release year 2006 With a story highly similar to the 1992 film Deewana it revolved around a blind woman who struggles to come to terms with her first love who has apparently been killed and a new love who wants to help her move on with her life Yaar Meri Zindagi Starring Amitabh Bachchan Shatrughan Sinha Director Ashok Gupta Production 1971 Release Year 2008 The shooting began in 1971 and was initially directed by Mukul Dutt who left the project in 1976 after having numerous problems Ashok Gupta took over the project in 1993 and completed it within a yearrsquos time but had issues releasing the film Milenge Milenge Starring Shahid Kapoor Kareena Director Satish Kaushik Production 2004 Release Year 2010 Salman Khan was signed on to do a guest appearance for the film but he apparently opted out because of differences with the film39s lead pair After Sasha and Bebo broke up sources indicated that they wouldnrsquot come together to dub for the film Deewana Main Deewana Starring Govinda Priyanka Chopra Director KC Bokadia Production 2006 Release year 2013 An official Hindi remake of the Tamil film Priyamudan the film was released worldwide in February after much delay Interestingly Piggy Chops who is 31 now signed up for this film when she was just 20 Mehbooba Starring Sanjay Dutt Ajay Devgn Manisha Koirala Director Afzal Khan Production 2000 Release year 2008 According to trade analysts in the industry it had a good firstweek box office response but faltered in the following weeks Still in the cans and films that never got made or released gtgt AmitabhRekha starrer Apna Paraya 1972 gtgt JP Duttarsquos directorial debut Sarhad 1976 gtgt Shekhar Kapurrsquos Time Machine 1992 gtgt Kaizad Gustadrsquos illfated Mumbai Central 2004 gtgt Anurag Kashyaprsquos Paanch 2003 gtgt RGVrsquos Let39s Catch Veerappan 2004u00a0