4. CHORI MERA NAAM
‘Chori Mera Naam’, as the name suggests itself, was supposed to be a heist crime thriller. It was another big budget film of superstar Salman Khan, which commenced with a lot of noise, but could never see the light of the day. We have talked, in detail, about a number of several other movies of Salman Khan which were shelved for one reason or the other, but, as per reliable sources active in the 90s, ‘Chori Mera Naam’ was supposed to be the biggest film of all. It was to boast of never seen before action sequences, high octane chase sequences and what not! But the film could never be made, reasons are known to no one, except the ones who were at the helm of the affairs.
It won’t be an exaggeration to say that ‘Chori Mera Naam’ was sort of a casting coup. What made the film grab a lot of media attention at the time of it being announced was undoubtedly it enviable cast which featured the likes of Sunil Shetty, Shilpa Shetty and Kajol alongside Salman Khan. I mean, who wound not want to see these four brilliant actors in a film together? They would definitely have set the silver screen on fire had the film ever arrived in cinema halls. As we just mentioned that the film created massive buzz in the trade and media but all came to zilch as the big ticket movie was shelved after nearly half of it was canned.
3. DUS
There have been many projects of actor Salman Khan which could not see the light of the day for one reason or the other, but ‘Dus’ is, undoubtedly, one of his most popular and much talked about films to get shelved. The movie featured an impressive lineup of actors including Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Raveena Tandon and Shilpa Shetty in principal roles, with veteran actor Vinod Khanna in the supporting cast. ‘Dus’ was about to mark the acting debut of well-known male model Rahul Dev who was roped in to play Mast Gul, a character based a real-life Pakistani militant leader, who used the alias name Mast Gul. Another important factor which made the film special was that actress Raveena Tandon was going to play her first negative character in the film.
‘Dus’ went on the floor in 1997. The entire cast and crew came together and began shooting for the first schedule of the film in Utah in May 1997 and continued until the end of August. According to reports, the scenes which were shot in Utah were to have depicted scenes of Kashmir which was the major setting for the film. Almost 40% of the film had been canned when director Mukul S. Anand suddenly passed away on 7th September 1997 halfway through the film. After his untimely demise, the film was shelved and was never completed or released. However, the song promos which were shot during the first schedule of the film were released and are still available to view. Several years after the film was shelved, Rahul Anand, brother of director Mukul Anand, announced that he would revive the incomplete project but this never happened.
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