Filmy Friday: Everyone considered Amitabh as a criminal and chased him away, then KC Bokadia made him ‘Today’s Arjun’

KC Bokadia made many hit films

KC Bokadia i.e. Kistur Chand Bokadia is an Indian filmmaker. He has made films like ‘Pyaar Jhukta Nahi’, ‘Teri Mehrabaniyan’, ‘Naseeb Apna Apna’, ‘Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam’, ‘Pyaar Zindagi Hai’ and ‘Main Tera Dushman’. He has directed ‘Phool Bane Angare’, ‘Police Aur Mujrim’, ‘Insaniyat Ke Devta’, ‘Aaj Ka Arjun’, ‘Kudrat Ka Kanoon’. He has co-produced ‘Paap Ka Antaar’.

Many films made on animals

The Deccan Chronicle called him the ‘fastest producer to make 50 films’. He made unconventional films like ‘Teri Meherbaniyaan’, which had a dog in the lead role. Apart from ‘Teri Meherbaniyaan’, he has also made films based on animals like ‘Main Tera Dushman’, ‘Kundan’. He has made more than 60 films till June 2021 in many Indian languages.

Amitabh Bachchan supported

KC Bokadia made his debut as a producer in the year 1972 with ‘Rivaaz’. His first film as a director was Aaj Ka Arjun (1990), starring Amitabh Bachchan. When this film was being made, Big B’s name was also dragged into the Bofors scam. At that time almost everyone had left him. People started considering him as a criminal. It seemed that Big B’s career would end now, but then KC Bokadia supported him in that difficult period. Everyone felt that the shooting of the film ‘Aaj Ka Arjun’ would stop or it would go in cold storage or it would flop if released, but KC Bokadia released the film without thinking much and Big B’s Saved my career from sinking. This film was a big hit in that period.

Big B wrote the blog

Regarding KC Bokadia and the difficult times during the film ‘Aaj Ka Arjun’, Amitabh Bachchan wrote in his blog, ‘Aaj Ka Arjun’ was producer KC Bokadia’s first film as a director. Quite remarkable for someone who didn’t know direction at all, never had any training. And didn’t have the experience to take up any matter and be successful. But he knew the input of story and drama in filmmaking. His experience as a producer is serving him well.

The film ‘Aaj Ka Arjun’ was a hit

Big B further wrote, ‘Bofors controversy, in which my family and I were being falsely and maliciously accused. We had knocked on the door of the court. This film was being made then. The projects I was involved in at that time were being criticized, revolted, like I was a traitor to the country. It was affecting everything I was working on. KC Bokadia was the first person he met after winning the case in the court. The distributor told that your picture (today’s Arjun) is a hit. Jaya Prada was also in this film.

Worked with well known actors

KC Bokadia has starred Rajesh Khanna, Jeetendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Saif Ali Khan, Raaj Kumar, Salman Khan, Sunny Deol, Shah Rukh Khan, Vinod Khanna, Ajay Devgan, Dharmendra, Akshay Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty, Jackie Shroff, Govinda and Rajinikanth. Have worked with stars like Helped advance his career.

The film was made in 2019

He directed the film ‘Rocky: The Revenge’ in the year 2019. This is Tamil Movie, in which stars like Srikanth, Nassar acted. Since then till now he has not directed many films.