Choreographer-director Farah Khan has shared an interesting anecdote about Bollywood's megastar and her close friend Shah Rukh Khan.
A video of Farah shows her walking down the memory lane and talking about the budget constraints on Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa and how SRK served as her assistant on one of the songs.
She told Radio Nasha, "The film was made on a shoe-string budget. SRK was paid Rs 25,000 for that film. I was the highest paid resource on that movie, I want to tell you. I was paid Rs 5,000 for each song on that film, and there were 6 songs. So, I was paid Rs 30,000."
She even pointed out that the film didn't have a budget for assistants in each department.
For one song in the film, we didn't have the budget to pay the dancers. So we hired all the locals in Goa. They had never done lip-sync and they didn't know how to catch the beat. So, SRK used to lie down, out of the frame, and he used to pinch them to get up when the beat came.
It was directed by Kundan Shah of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro fame. It also featured Deepak Tijori, Suchitra Krishnamurthy, and Naseeruddin Shah. It was made on a budget of Rs 1.4 crore, and grossed Rs 5.5 crore which is approximately equal to Rs 80 crore, adjusted for inflation as of 2018.
The film is remembered for its songs, and a compulsive performance by SRK.
He purchased the rights to this movie under his banner, called Red Chillies Entertainment.
This movie has been remade in Telugu as Swapnalokam by Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao, with the star casting of Jagapathi Babu and Raasi.
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