FILM · 2000 · INDIA
Fiza
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- #001
The scene in which Johny Lever laughs in different styles and mocks Shah Rukh Khan, while Hrithik Roshan stands beside him smiling, is an inside joke referring to the Cola wars between the two stars. Hrithik endorsed Coke, while Shahrukh endorsed Pepsi. Hrithik was mocked in a Pepsi commercial, which caused great anger among his fans and received wide coverage in the media.
- #002
The film was planned to be an art film. However, Khalid Mohamed decided to commercialize it due to pressure from distributors. A dance number was added for Karishma Kapoor. The Johnny Lever park scene was added. More songs were added. Hrithik's role was expanded, including his work and more songs.
- #003
Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan were initially set to appear as guest stars, but their appearances were removed out of consideration for the running time.
- #004
Although Karisma Kapoor plays Hrithik Roshan's elder sister in this film, in real life she is five months older than him.
- #005
Hrithik Roshan initially had a very small role. However, after Kaho Na Pyar Hain became a blockbuster overnight, Khalid Mohammed panicked. He knew expectations were high because of Hrithik, so he expanded his role. Many scenes, including his training, an extra song and numerous scenes were added to match Hrithik's new Superstar status.
- #006
Urmila signed on for Karishma Kapoor's role but chose to withdraw.
- #007
Sushmita Sen made a special appearance in this film (only in the song Mehboob).
- #008
This was Khalid Mohamed's debut as a director. He had previously written many films for Shyam Benegal, such as Mammo, Sardari Begum, Zubaida and others. Zubaida was based on his own mother's life, and only Karishma Kapoor played the lead role.
- #009
The shots on the highway and in front of the billboard for the song "Aaja Mahiya" were filmed while normal traffic continued. This would no longer be possible after Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai (2000) was released, because whenever Hrithik Roshan appears in public, traffic stops and he is surrounded by hundreds of people.
- #010
When Khalid Mohamed finished the script, he initially wanted Ram Gopal Varma to direct this film.
- #011
The song Tu Fiza Hain was sampled from Poonam's song Aa Zara Mere Humnashee.
- #012
The film was released in cinemas in Canada.
- #013
Bikram Saluja said: "I have been acting in theatre for the last two years. I acted in about seven different plays to get used to being in front of people, to being on stage… I had met Karan Johar, who was writing the script of his next film. Since he hadn't finished the script, he asked me to meet Khalid Mohamed. So I did. And Fiza happened. Ideally, I would have liked to wait two or three more years, to do a bit more theatre before starting films, but…".
- #014
At 2:00, in the song Kitaben Bahut Si from Baazigar, we can hear the music of "Tu Fiza Hain" from Fiza.
- #015
The film the family initially watches is Bobby (1973). Karishma Kapoor, who plays Fiza, is the granddaughter of Bobby's producer-director Raj Kapoor and the niece of Bobby's lead actor Rishi Kapoor.
- #016
Manoj Vajpei and Neha had no scene together. However, they fell in love with each other and later married.
- #017
Mehboob Mere, Mahboobi song was sampled by Ayman Zbib.
- #018
Critic Khalid Mohammad was trolled for making a film that was neither an art film nor a commercial film.
- #019
Sanjay Narvekar has no scene with Hrithik.
- #020
"Hrithik shot the first half of Fiza before the premiere of Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai and the second half after it became a box-office record-breaker," Anup recalled. "The difference in how he was treated on set was noticeable. Earlier we both used to have our makeup done sitting on the hood of a car. After Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai released, he got his own makeup van and was treated like a star. Of course he always had a makeup artist, but now he had a full setup of his own."
- #021
Anup Soni stated that the director wanted him to dub for another character in the film, and that having his own voice dubbed by someone else upset him, as he felt he could not dub for others; he told the director to listen to his voice for his character, and the director kept his voice but had him dub for another actor whose identity he did not disclose.
- #022
Hrithik Roshan only worked with Jaya Bachchan, Karishma Kapoor, Neha and Manoj Bajpai.
- #023
The song Aankhen Milaungi was recreated from Batameezi Pe Hum Aa Gaye from Allah Rakha (1986). Both were sung by Asha Bhosale.
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