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News India Live, Digital Desk: In the history of Indian cinema, there have been many films which were far ahead of their time. It did not do wonders at the box office, but with time the audience placed it in the category of ‘great films’. There is one such film which came in the year 1999 ‘Shool’.
This film, adorned with Manoj Bajpayee’s unmatched acting and Anurag Kashyap’s sharp writing, is still considered to be the most honest film showing the nexus of police-corruption-politics.
Why was ‘Shool’ left behind at the box office?
The budget of ‘Shool’ released on 5 November 1999 is approx. 50 million Was Rs. The film made almost 8.45 crores (gross), but for that time it was a box office hit. ‘flop’ The agreement was made.
Bitter truth: The film’s story was based on real-life depictions of Bihar politics and crime, which was too ‘dark’ and ‘violent’ for mainstream audiences at that time.
competition: Romantic and masala films were prevalent in that era, due to which this serious drama did not initially get the expected audience.
Nawazuddin and Rajpal Yadav did small roles
If you watch the film ‘Shool’ today, you will get to see glimpses of many current legends of Bollywood.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui: In this film, Nawazuddin played a very small role of a waiter. Today he is a global star, but at that time he was struggling to make his mark.
Rajpal Yadav: The king of comedy Rajpal Yadav was seen in the role of a porter in this film.
Sayaji Shinde: Sayaji Shinde as the villain ‘Bachchu Yadav’ created such a fear that even today his character is counted among the most cruel villains of Hindi cinema.
National Award and 7.7 IMDb rating pride
[Image representing the National Film Award trophy and IMDb logo] Even though the film made less money in theatres, it received a lot of love from critics.National Honor: to the movie ‘Shool’ Best Hindi Feature Film Received National Award.
IMDb’s Love: This film is available on the internet today IMDb rating 7.7 Which is even better than blockbuster films like ‘Singham’ and ‘Dabangg’.
Manoj Bajpayee’s magic: Manoj Bajpayee was given the Filmfare Best Actor (Critics) Award for this film.
Juhi Chawla was your favorite before Raveena Tandon?
An interesting fact is that for the role of Manjari (police officer’s wife) in the film, first Juhi Chawla Was signed. But he got injured just before the shooting, after which Raveena Tandon Was cast. Raveena left her glamorous image and played the role of an ordinary housewife in this film, which gave a new direction to her career.
