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Salman Khan is a superstar today and the scene was pretty much the same in the mid-90s as well. After the all time blockbuster success of Hum Aapke Hain Kaun…! [1994] followed by the blockbuster action drama Karan Arjun [1995], his stocks were going high. This was also the time when the makers of his long-in-the-making and ready film ‘Yeh Majhdaar‘ decided to finally bring it to the audience.
The film was announced at the time when Salman Khan was an emerging star after Maine Pyaar Kiya, Manisha Koirala was the next big star in the making after Saudagar and Rahul Roy was the newest heartthrob of the nation after Aashiqui. Together, the trio seemed like a formidable team that would strike a chord amongst youngsters all over. The director who directed the Salman Khan and Manisha Koirala movie was Esmayeel Shroff.
However, there were troubles and it was struck. This is when the unthinkable happened. The promo of the Salman Khan and Manisha Koirala movie, which was earlier titled Majhdaar, started playing on Doordarshan as Yeh Majhdaar. This was the time when there was no satellite medium and of course no digital arena either. The films that were played on Doordarshan were mostly 60s/ 70s stuff and even if as rarity something from the 80s came, it used to be party time for the viewers. Hence, a film releasing straight on Doordarshan without theatrical release was a reason to rejoice for many.
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