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FILM · 1997 · INDIA

Yes Boss

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16 Interesting Facts About Yes Boss

  1. #001

    While writing the song "Chaand Taare," Javed Akhtar accidentally predicted Shah Rukh Khan's future, as most of the song's lines have now come true because Shah Rukh Khan is a global superstar and one of the most popular and wealthiest actors in the world.

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  2. #002

    The song "Chaand Taare Tod Laawu" was shot in front of Mannat at a time when Shah Rukh Khan did not yet own Mannat; he acquired the house after becoming a star.

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  3. #003

    Gulshan Kıvırcık first discussed the script of The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo (1997) with Shahrukh Khan on film sets. Khan advised him to fly to the US immediately and sign the film. Gülşan was worried that the film's producer might sue him or cut his salary, but Shahrukh Khan told him he would handle any situation and that he should go and sign this Hollywood film.

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  4. #004

    For the background music, the theme music of 'Bombay' is used. Toward the end, as Shahrukh Khan's office and the ensuing emotional feeling arrive, the background music rises directly into a passage from Bombay.

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  5. #006

    In the film's credits, Aditya Pancholi's name appears before Shahrukh Khan's.

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  6. #007

    The film was previously titled "Mohabbat Isko Kehte Hain."

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  7. #009

    In this film, a portion of the song "Chand Tare Tod Laaun" was shot at Vashi Station (Navi Mumbai).

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  8. #010

    This was Kashmira Shah's first notable role.

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  9. #011

    This was SRK's first film with Aditya Pancholi.

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  10. #013

    "Jaata Hai Tu Kahan" in Yes Boss resembled Ottawan's song "D I S C O." N-Trance later made a cover version of the same song.

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  11. #014

    In the song "Jaata Hai Tu Kahan," Shah Rukh Khan pays tribute to Amitabh Bachchan by eating Indian betel leaf (paan) and imitating "Kaike Paan Banaras Wala" from the 1978 film Don, wrapping a cloth around his head. Coincidentally, nine years later Shah Rukh Khan would star in the remake of the 1978 classic, directed by Javed Akhtar's son Farhan Akhtar.

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  12. #015

    Harish Patel was part of this film and was later removed.

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  13. #016

    Niki Aneja shot for the film for a program, then lost her father and left the film.

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  14. #017

    The film was released in cinemas in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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  15. #018

    "Ek Din Aap Yun Humko Mil Jayenge" (Maine Socha Na Tha) from Yes Boss. This song may have been partly inspired by "Shaam-E-Gham Ki Kasam" ("Footpath," 1953), composed by Khayyam and sung by Talat Mahmood. Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi's song "Teri Surat Nighaon Mein" has the same sound.

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  16. #019

    "Chaand Taare Tod Laoon" (Jo Bhi Chahoon Woh Main Paoon). Jatin-Lalit had previously used the melody of this song for a non-film song they composed more than ten years earlier, "Dil Kehta Hai" ("Rhythmic Love," 1986).

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