FILM · 2001 · INDIA
Yaadein...
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- #001
Director's signature: Subhash Ghai plays the man who overhears Ronit and Isha's conversation before Ronit leaves for London.
- #002
The film's script began differently. It started with the story of Raj (Jackie Shroff) and his three daughters. However, after Hrithik Roshan's sudden popularity, Subhash Ghai enlarged Hrithik's role.
- #003
Before Yaadein's release, there was a great deal of excitement and curiosity due to the inclusion of Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor in the cast and the large scale on which the film was shot. The film's music was also extremely successful and became a hit overnight. Moreover, given that director and producer Subhash Ghai had a success rate of nearly one hundred percent and that Hrithik Roshan was the most popular actor of the time, the film was expected to be one of the biggest hits of all time in India, if not the biggest, before 2001. However, when the film received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics, and despite opening to an excellent response, it became one of the biggest flops of 2001.
- #004
Subhash Ghai said, "It always happens in this life. You keep making mistakes. As happened with Yaadein, I changed the script. Because Hrithik Roshan became a big star, I tried to focus the story on his character. We were greedy. I should have stuck to my original script. Then I wouldn't have lost my credibility as a filmmaker. Because this failure is a big lesson for me. It still doesn't leave my mind."
- #005
Although this film failed in India and elsewhere, Subhash Ghai said before its release that it was his best work.
- #006
Sridevi was initially offered a small role, and the role eventually went to Rati Agnihotri.
- #007
Ameesha Patel signed the film after "Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai". Because she was unavailable, the chance to act with Hrithik Roshan this time fell to Kareena Kapoor.
- #008
Baby Ranks and Luney Tunes, featuring Daddy Yankee and Deevani, sampled the song "Elli Re Elli" for their song "Mirame".
- #009
Subash Ghai wanted to sign Priyanka Chopra immediately after she won the Miss World pageant in 2000. However, she turned down the film due to contractual obligations.
- #010
Preeti Jhangiani was offered the lead role but could not sign due to her contract with Yashraj Films.
- #011
This is the first official film in which Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor acted together. She had previously been approached for Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai but lost the chance to take the role in that one.
- #012
Subash Ghai said the film essentially told the story of a father and his three daughters, but after Hrithik Roshan became a star overnight, distributors pressured him to focus more on Hrithik.
- #013
Jackie Shroff was nominated for the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award in 2002.
- #014
This is the only film in which Hrithik Roshan acted alongside Amrish Puri; the two worked together in Lakshya in 2004, but they did not share any scene.
- #015
A. R. Rahman was initially supposed to compose the music. However, he was busy composing music for many films such as Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001), Nayak: The Real Hero (2001) and Thenali (2000), and could not accept the film.
- #016
Sunil Dutt and Shekhar Kapur attended the Mahurat ceremony in London. Meanwhile, Sunil Dutt had also made a film called Yaadein about 40 years earlier, and this applauded Subhash Ghai's Yaadein.
- #017
Subhash Ghai asked Anu Malik not for ordinary music but for different, truly special music, and they worked on Yaadein's music for months. The film's music and songs grow with time.
- #018
Hrithik's role was written with Akshaye Khanna in mind. Ghai changed his mind when he met Hrithik.
- #019
There was a shelved film called Yaadein (1985). It starred Karan Shah, Neelam and Anupam Kher, with producer Amarjeet and director Ramesh Behl.
- #020
In 1992, Jackie Shroff starred alongside Karishma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor's sister, in the film Police Officer. Nine years later, in Yaadein, he played Kareena Kapoor's father.
- #021
Yaadein... was also Hrithik Roshan's first flop.
- #022
In December 2001, it became the highest-grossing Indian film ever in overseas markets, earning close to 3 million dollars.
- #023
It is one of Subash Ghai's biggest flops.
- #024
The film's final scene was actually shot not in London but in the scorching summer heat of Mumbai.
- #025
Hrithik Roshan signed the film just before the premiere of Kaho Na Pyar Hai. Ghai met Rakesh Roshan at a party where he had been invited to see the buzz around Kaho Na Pyar Hai. Ghai liked what he saw and told Rakesh Roshan to send Hrithik to his house the next day. When Hrithik arrived, Ghai told him he had a role in Yaadein, though it was a smaller role compared to Kaho Na Pyar Hai. Hrithik said he did not mind as long as he could work with Ghai. Hrithik was signed on the spot.
- #026
Jackie Shroff worked for the last time in a film directed by Subash Ghai.
- #027
The film carried huge expectations because of Hrithik Roshan's overnight stardom and a cast featuring Jackie Shroff, Kareena Kapoor and Amrish Puri under the direction of Subash Ghai, but it turned into a major disaster.
- #028
Siti Nurhaliza's song "Nirmala" plays in the film.
- #029
A film of the same name, "Yaadein", starring Sunil Dutt, was released in 1964.
- #030
Ritesh Deshmukh went on holiday to America and visited Subhash Ghai while he was shooting for Yaadein. That is how he decided to become an actor.
- #031
It is the only film in which Hrithik Roshan appeared opposite Amrish Puri.
- #032
The film was expected to perform well, but it failed on its very first day and Hrithik Roshan's stardom was called into question.
- #033
This was the only time Anu Malik provided the music for a Subash Ghai film. The television trailer showed the title song playing with a background message noting that Anu Malik was composing for a Subash Ghai film for the first time.
- #034
In this film Hrithik Roshan does a great impression of Jim Carrey, inspired by the poster of Me, Myself & Irene (2000).
- #035
The film was released in cinemas in Canada.
- #036
The first bad sign that the film would not do well was its music. The music sales were not sufficient and the public rejected the film's music.
- #037
Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor were newcomers when they signed Yaadein.
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