21 Years of Bewafaa: Dharmesh Darshan reveals Murder had the same plot as the Akshay Kumar-starrer: “80% of the shoot was completed by then; I had to recorrect my film for rubbish reasons”
The romantic musical drama Bewafaa (2005) completed 21 years on February 25. It had an ensemble star cast, comprising Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Anil Kapoor, Manoj Bajpayee, Sushmita Sen and Shamita Shetty and is remembered for its hit soundtrack, touching moments etc. In an interview with Bharathi S Pradhan, the talented director Dharmesh Darshan opened up like never before on the behind-the-scenes happenings. When Bharathi S Pradhan remarked that Bewafaa gave a déjà vu of B R Chopra’s Gumrah (1963), starring Ashok Kumar, Sunil Dutt, Mala Sinha and Nirupa Roy, Dharmesh Darshan confessed, “Yes, in the first half.” He also revealed, “ Bewafaa had some problems. Boney Kapoor is absolutely amongst the best producers. The film was produced by Sridevi Productions. Boney takes his own time to make films. Meanwhile, the makers of Murder (2004) made the same film (as Bewafaa ). They happened to know (what we were making). This happens. In 6 months, with Mallika Sherawat, Emraan...