Director Yash Chopra was told by his assistant that Sridevi’s mother had a phone call and wanted to speak to her. Yash Chopra was hesitant because at that time he was busy shooting for the film ‘Lamhe’ and had come to sit on a chair to relax for a while.
It was his 1991 romantic film starring Sridevi, Anil Kapoor, Waheeda Rahman and Anupam Kher.
This was the film in which Anil Kapoor sacrificed his mustache for the first time and in which Sridevi played a double role. A mother and then a daughter role in which first Anil Kapoor loves the mother one-sidedly and then it happens that the mother’s daughter falls in love with Anil Kapoor wholeheartedly.
It was a big bold topic in terms of social and moral values, but Yash Chopra decided to make the ‘Moment’ despite a million oppositions.
Yash Chopra had sketched the film in 1982 with Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha in mind and wanted to shoot it all in the atmospheric locations of England, but after the failure of the film ‘Salsla’, Yash Chopra decided to change the star cast.
Yash Chopra was in London and the London schedule of ‘Lamhe’ was more or less over when he was informed about Sridevi’s mother’s phone call and the news conveyed to Yash Chopra caught the attention of the director. blew up
Sridevi’s mother said that the actress’s father passed away and now it is Yash Chopra’s responsibility to convey such a tragic and sad news to Sridevi.
For a moment, Yash Chopra felt that his film ‘Lamhe’ would be badly affected for months by this news, so he forced Sridevi to complete the shooting of the film first, but the director acted professionally and ethically. Considering his duty, he thought that he would bear his loss, but in this hour of sorrow, he would ask Sridevi to go to India.
But as the smiling Sridevi appeared in front of him, Yash Chopra felt as though he had lost all courage. Couldn’t understand how they could tell that Sridevi’s father was no longer in this world.
Then he decided to put it another way and told Sridevi that his father’s health was alarmingly unwell. They should immediately take a break from filming and head to India.
Sridevi lost her consciousness. They packed very little and then on the next flight they were in India, where they found out that their father had left this world.
A few days later, Sridevi called Yash Chopra in London where the entire film unit of ‘Lamhe’ was staying and was waiting for when Sridevi would come back and complete her part.
Sridevi said that she may take two weeks for her late father’s cremation ceremonies, and if deemed appropriate, the remaining scenes of the film may be shot in India.
Sridevi’s proposal was rejected by Yash Chopra, who said that Sridevi should take part in the rituals comfortably as the filming would take place in London.
When Sridevi arrived in London on the scheduled date, everyone cheered for her. Yash Chopra didn’t have the guts to ask Sridevi if she was ready for the shoot or not. But Sridevi, realizing her condition, said that she was mentally and physically ready to take part in the shoot.
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Yash Chopra knew that he was going to mirror the comedy scene with Sridevi and would it be possible in such a situation, when Sridevi has recently suffered the loss of her father.
When Sridevi was asked this question, she asked for the script with a smile, which indicated that she was ready for any scene. In the next few days, Sridevi completed comedy, romantic and emotional scenes in London.
Yash Chopra was delighted that Sridevi played every scene with all its technical details, adopting a professional attitude.
On November 22, 1991, when the movie ‘Lamhe’ hit the theaters, the boards of Housefull went up. The film was nominated in 13 different categories at the Filmfare Awards the following year.
Among them, it received awards for Best Film, Comedian, Story and Best Dialogues, but above all it was an honor for Sridevi, who won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the same film.
Most of the fans had forgotten that during the filming of the ‘Moment’, Sridevi’s father’s shadow had disappeared from her head while playing a playful and flamboyant role.
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2024-08-11 19:20:33
