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Rohit Shetty who is currently riding high on the success of Sooryavanshi made his directorial debut with the 2003 film Zameen. The filmmaker has been applauded for the film, as many claim it’s the most realistic movie made by Rohit. But, did you know that the Ajay Devgn and Abhishek Bachchan starrer was originally written for Amir Khan’s Sarfarosh 2.
The 1999 film was produced and directed by John Matthew Matthan. The filmmaker initially started writing the project in 1992; seven years were spent on the research, pre-production, and production. The film followed the life of a police officer named ACP Ajay Singh Rathore who tries to stop cross-border terrorism.
Suparn Verma who recently directed Manoj Bajpayee starrer Family Man 2, talked about how he collaborated with Rohit Shetty and the idea behind Sarfarosh 2, he told, “I was writing Qayamat for Ajay Devgn, who put me on to Rohit as he was looking for a subject to make his directorial debut. Zameen in my head was written as a sequel to Sarfarosh. It was based against the backdrop of a highjack. I knew John Matthew was looking for a story for Sarfarosh 2 and I even met him.”
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