Raaj Kumar Sat In Water As Dilip Kumar Filmed For Saudagar: ‘Yahan Photo Kheenchne Koi Nahi Ayega'
When Saudagar hit the big screen in 1991, audiences were glued to the magnetic pairing of Dilip Kumar and Raaj Kumar. Off-screen, though, things were far from warm between the two legends – a tension that, according to veteran action director Ravi Dewan, sometimes spilled into quirky, calculated moments on set.
Speaking on Sutradhar with Vineet Rai, Dewan recalled that Raaj Kumar often made unexpected moves during filming. One day, while Dilip Kumar was preparing for an intense death scene, Raaj had no shots scheduled. Yet, he placed his chair just eight feet away, facing in the opposite direction, seemingly ignoring the moment entirely. Everyone else's eyes were on Dilip – but not his co-star.
The eccentric behaviour didn't stop there. At a hill-station shoot, the set attracted couples eager to take photos with the stars. While a crowd gathered around Dilip Kumar, Raaj quietly wandered off to a nearby waterfall.
'Raaj Kumar took a chair and sat in one foot of water at a nearby waterfall. After a long time, director Subhash Ghai approached him and asked why he was sitting there, as the water was cold. Raaj Kumar replied, 'Yahan photo kheenchne koi nahi aayega (No one will come here to take photos),'" Dewan recounted.
Amrish Puri, another stalwart in Saudagar, was known for his towering villain roles, but Dewan described him as 'soft" in real life. Still, even Puri wasn't spared Raaj Kumar's relentless on-set habits. In one rope-pulling scene, Raaj insisted on multiple retakes – even after the first went smoothly. And during a punch sequence, Dewan said Raaj landed a blow hard enough to cause real discomfort.
The roots of the Dilip–Raaj cold war went back decades. While filming Paigham (1959), Raaj allegedly slapped Dilip too hard in a scene. It was said to have sparked a vow from Dilip never to work with his contemporaries again. Yet, fate brought them back together for Saudagar, and despite their personal distance, the film went on to become a box-office success.
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