25 Years of Dil Se : Shah Rukh Khan's classic cult film Dil Se will complete 25 years since its release. Shah Rukh Khan dies at the end of the movie. Although the film was definitely liked with this ending, but at that time director Mani Ratnam lost his temper after hearing a suggestion related to this scene.
Mani Ratnam, who made films like 'Guru' and 'Roja', is one of the famous directors of the industry today. Among all his hit films, one name is 'Dil Se', which was released 25 years ago in 1998.
Chaiyya Chaiyya is the most liked song of the movie
This film is the first and only film of Shah Rukh Khan and Mani Ratnam together. 'Dil Se' is considered a cult classic. Till date the songs and music of the movie attract people. Especially the film's song 'Chaiyya Chaiyya', which was shot on a moving train with Shah Rukh Khan and Malaika Arora on top of thousands of people.
Chaiyya Chaiyya was to be played on the scene of death.
The song 'Chaiyya Chaiyya' was so liked that at that time the producers thought of repeating it in the ending scene of the film. Actually, there was a special reason for this. If you have seen the movie, you would know that at the end of the story both the hero and the heroine die. After the shooting of the ending scene, the makers felt that the death of the hero might spoil the story. So to cover it up, Marx thought of replaying Chaiya Chaiya on SRK-Manisha Koirala's death.
Hero's death messed up the situation
The producer of the film, Ram Gopal Varma, had told during an interview that the song 'Chaiyya-Chaiyya' should be played to maintain their emotions, so that the audience does not start criticizing the ending scene after seeing the death of the hero, which is part of the film. Most liked song. His reasoning was that if the audience would see this master piece being played twice in the film, it would be filled with joy. But when Mani Ratnam was told the idea, he turned red with anger.
Mani Ratnam did not like the idea
When Ram Gopal Varma narrated this idea to the director of the film, Mani Ratnam, he did not seem interested in the creativity of the producers. He angrily said that when Shah Rukh Khan hugs Manisha Koirala, how can he think of Malaika Arora?
Shah Rukh gave this answer
When Shah Rukh Khan came to know about this, his reaction was such that no one had thought about it. King Khan said "So you should have thought of all this beforehand, shouldn't you? Tell them that the audience will not think so much. If they have got to see the song twice, then they will be happy."
It was a matter of days when the film was all set for release. Any editing that had to be done now was the responsibility of the local theater owners and distributors who were handling the on-ground release of the film. However, the ending was not edited as planned and the film was released in theatres with the original concept.