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Bollywood actor, Sunny Deol will shortly return to the big screen as his upcoming film ‘Jaat’ was announced. There is a lot of hype around the film, however, he has given many blockbuster films in his career. 28 years ago, a film of Sunny Deol was released for which he was not the first choice. However, one mistake of him who gave 180 flops changed his luck and he became the hero who gave the biggest blockbuster film of the year 1997. Still didn’t get which film we are talking about? Read on to find out the film’s name.
Here we are talking about Sunny Deol’s film ‘Ziddi’. This action film was directed by Guddu Dhanoa. NR Pachisia was the producer of the film. Raveena Tandon, Raj Babbar and Ashish Vidyarthi also starred in this film. Sunny played the role of Deva Pradhan in the film. The film shows the story of Deva, who lives with his parents and siblings. But some goons harass his family. The police also punish Deva, after which he takes revenge for the death of his siblings.
Sunny Deol’s film ‘Ziddi’ became one of the biggest Bollywood hits of 1997. Made on a budget of Rs 7 crore, the film did a business of over Rs 30 crore. Ziddi got such a great response in Hindi that later it was remade in Tamil as well under the title ‘Dharma’. In Bangladesh, it was released with the name, ‘Shantoo Keno Mastan’, which was released in the year 1998. Apart from this, the Kannada film ‘One Man Army’ was its unofficial adaptation.
Sunny Deol was not the first choice for this film. Before him, Mithun Chakraborty was chosen for the role of ‘Ziddi’. But later he refused to do this film. After which Sunny Deol got the film and his luck shone because it was a big blockbuster. Mamta Kulkarni was also offered the role in ‘Ziddi’, but she also refused. Sunny Deol was also the second choice. He was chosen after Mithun Chakraborty refused. Actually, Mithun Chakraborty has given 180 flop films in his 47-year career. However, soon a film is going to be released with Sunny Deol.
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