Shah Rukh Khan Didn't Want His Baazigar Character To Have A Dark Past
Filmmaker Sriram Raghavan, known for his thrillers, recently shared that he once wrote a story that turned out to be very similar to Baazigar — without realising it at the time. In a chat with Pinkvilla, he said he noticed the overlap much later. He also spoke about how Shah Rukh Khan had strong ideas about how the lead character should be shown, and that he wasn't fully convinced by the version directed by Abbas-Mustan.
Sriram Raghavan revealed that his version of the story was strongly inspired by the novel A Kiss Before Dying, which had been made into a Hollywood film and later loosely adapted into Baazigar. He said his script followed the book more closely. In his version, the main character is a psychopath whose only goal is to marry into a rich family. 'I was more faithful to the book. And in the book, the guy is just a psychopath… uska kya hai… he wants to get married rich… usko ek ameer ghar mein shaadi karna hai. Aur usmein kya hai, the first girl he loves… she loves him too. But she gets pregnant, and her father is so orthodox ki usko malum ho gaya hai ki aisa kuch hua hai."
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