The Romantics, a new Netflix docuseries, looks deep into the growth of movies and how Yash Raj films played a vital part in catalyzing paradigm shifts in Hindi cinema. The docuseries features well-known Bollywood actors, directors, and writers who recount the history of YRF and Yash Chopra and his son Aditya Chopra’s contributions to the film industry.
As celebs follow YRF’s journey, we learn a lot of interesting BTS secrets about some of the best Bollywood films and how they were made.
Here are top 5 Bollywood facts you probably didn’t know:
Yash Chopra knew Jab Tak Hai Jaan would be his final film. He revealed this in his final interview, before informing his family
The film’s legendary director died before it was released.
SRK had no desire to do DDLJ and become a romantic hero
To be honest, it was deeply disturbing to learn that the King of Romance never truly desired to pursue romance. In fact, he stalled Aditya Chopra for months before making any firm commitment.
In the film Darr, Aditya Chopra suggested that SRK should stammer on Kiran
SRK had a classmate who stammered once. In a BBC documentary, he investigated how people’s minds become aware of their own sound, causing them to be unable to speak the word. Aditya’s suggestion gave us a highlight that continues to be associated with SRK when Darr suggested he wanted that characteristic in his character.
Amitabh Bachchan’s character in Deewar, ‘The Angry Young Man,’ was created to reflect the growing ‘backlash’ among the masses in a politically charged environment
The decade of the 1970s saw the cruel Emergency. It created a sharp divide between the rich and the poor, who were deprived of basic necessities for survival. Amitabh Bachchan’s character Vijay Verma represented the masses’ discontent, their loss of faith in the leaders, and the disappointed youth raging amid the chaos.
Sridevi was initially dissatisfied with her white ensemble for Chandni
For Chandni, Yash Chopra had a vision. “‘Chandni’ means purity, whiteness, innocence,” he once said in an interview with Karan Johar. The “dull” wardrobe, on the other hand, did not impress Sridevi. The director also had to persuade her mother to believe in his vision.
