Shah Rukh Khan’s Costliest Film Turned Major Flop, Earned ₹9 Cr — Co-Stars Faced Jail & Threats
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There is no doubt that in the past 30 years, Shah Rukh Khan has been the most prominent and influential figure in Hindi movies. With his superstardom, the actor has consistently delivered the highest box office results and contributed to expanding the audience for Hindi movies abroad. With the exception of his meteoric ascent in the early 1990s, it seems as if SRK has never experienced a lean period. However, amidst his successes, there have been a few failures. The largest of them all was a massive box office hit that hurt distributors for years.
Shah Rukh Khan's most disastrous movie at the box office
Shah Rukh Khan's career was booming in 1995. In addition to giving a semi-hit in Guddu, he had starred in two blockbusters: Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Karan Arjun. By December, Ram Jaane had also gained popularity at the box office. At the box office, he was undoubtedly the top potential. As a result, it was considered a casting triumph that he starred in Mukul Anand's Trimurti alongside Jacky Shroff and Anil Kapoor. With a budget of Rs 11 crore, the most for any Indian movie at the time, the action picture was produced. It surpassed the record held by Ajooba and Shanti Kranti for the most expensive Indian film.
Trimurti was released in cinemas on December 22, and it broke the record for the biggest opening day ever for an Indian film, earning ₹1 crore in India on its first day. Its worldwide box office take during its opening weekend was more than ₹5 crore. Mukal Anand's high-stakes bet seemed at the time to be about to succeed. However, after that, the movie vanished from the theaters. Negative reviews and, worst still, unfavorable word-of-mouth led to a decline in footfall and a drop in collections. Trimurti's total revenue in India was, in the end, about 9 crore less than its budget. According to India Today, the movie was sold at an amazing price of ₹2 crore each region, which resulted in a loss of more than ₹6 crore.
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Sanjay Dutt, who even filmed a few scenes, was originally in Trimurti alongside Jackie and Shah Rukh. But Mukul Anand went to Aditya Pancholi for the role after receiving his sentence in the Mumbai blasts case. But Anil Kapoor was cast because producer Subhash Ghai supported him. Later, Pancholi allegedly started calling Anil Kapoor and making threats about the part. The police intervened when the situation spiraled out of control, and Aditya Pancholi issued an apology.
Director Mukul Anand passed away in 1997 while filming Dus, and Trimurti was his final finished movie. That movie was shelved. Priya Tendulkar, Mohan Agashe, and Anjali Jathar also played crucial roles in Trimurti. Despite the film's failure, its soundtrack was a smash. Out of the six tunes written by Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Very Good Very Bad and Bol Bol Bol were hits on the charts.
