6. BULAND
All the unfinished films of superstar Salman Khan that we have mentioned above in our list were either shelved before mounting the shooting floor or soon after wrapping up their first schedule, but ‘Buland’ was an exception. ‘Buland’ was a project which was called off after half of the film was canned by the director. Yes! And one cannot just imagine how much loss the sudden calling off of the project incurred to the producers who had pumped in a lot of money into it to ensure that the film was made on a grand scale. Roping in Salman Khan, who had cemented his position as a bankable star in the Hindi film industry by them, was a well calculated move by the makers which, unfortunately, did not yield any results for them.
Apart from Salman Khan, ‘Buland’ also had his then girlfriend Somi Ali as the female lead. Somi was a well-known model back then as she had been featured in advertisements of a number of popular brands and people known her by face. Where rumors of her close relationship with Salman Khan started floating around, there was a long list of filmmakers who wanted to cast the couple in their films just to cash on the huge hype surrounding their affair. The makers of ‘Buland’ finally got them on board, but they could not succeed in cashing on their rumored affair as the project got shelved for reasons still unknown and the audience missed out an opportunity to see Salman Khan and Somi Ali together on the silver screen.
5. RAAM
We all know that Sohail Khan is the younger brother of megastar Salman Khan. He is an actor and a filmmaker also who made his directorial debut in the year 1997 with the action thriller film titled ‘Auzaar’. Featuring Salman Khan, Sanjay Kapoor and Shilpa Shetty in principle roles, the film was a moderate success at the box office. After ‘Auzaar’, Sohail went on to direct a number of successful films like ‘Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya’ (1998) and ‘Hello Brother’ (1999), all with his brother Salman Khan. But how many of you know that a shelved film titled ‘Raam’ was first supposed to be the directorial debut of Sohail, not ‘Raam’?
I think not many of us know this, but the truth is that ‘Raam’ was all set to become the first film of Sohail Khan’s career as a film director, but unfortunately the film could never be completed. ‘Raam’ was planned in 1994. Sohail had even roped in his elder brother Salman Khan as the male lead. Elaborate plans were made for the film as the youngest son of the Khan Khandan was turning director.
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