Bollywood Superstar Amitabh Bachchan Throwback: Bollywood film industry megastar Amitabh Bachchan has earned a lot of fame in his career and he is one of the few people who have raised the name of the country across the world. He has been in the film industry for more than 5 decades and still the actor remains a part of big projects every year. In the year 2024 itself, his film Kalki 2898 AD did wonders and earned quite well. Now he is busy shooting for its second part and some time ago he also shared his photo from the set with superstar Kamal Haasan.
But it is not so Amitabh Bachchan That all the films work at the box office. About 27 years ago, such a movie of the actor was also released which created a stir in terms of collections but later the film was seen so much on TV that it was also known as 'TV's Sholay'. This film was Suryavansham and Amitabh Bachchan was seen playing a double role in this film. Now this film is doing wonders on social media platforms also. The film has received more than 800 million views on YouTube itself.
Talking about Bollywood film Suryavansham, this film has got huge views on YouTube. Three different prints of the film are available on YouTube. Whose views are 626 million, 128 million and 73 million. If we add this, then this film has got 827 million views on YouTube i.e. more than 82 crore views, which in itself tells the popularity of this film. Apart from this, small videos of the film are also seen on social media.
There was a time when this film used to be released on Set Max every day and this trend continues even now. Actually, this channel has purchased the satellite rights of the film Suryavansham for 100 years and this is the reason why fans are seen watching this film on TV every day. According to the contract, this film can continue to air on TV till the year 2099. Understand for yourself what the charm of this film is.
But the special thing about this film of Amitabh Bachchan is that when this film was released in theaters in the year 1999, it did not get much audience during that time. The biggest reason for this was Amitabh Bachchan himself. Actually, this was the period when Amitabh Bachchan's films were not doing anything special and he was facing back to back flops. Even if any of his films were released, it was a multi-starrer. The actor had also reduced his work in films during this period. However, after a few years, his era came back again and even today the stature of the superstar is the highest in the industry.
Talking about the film Suryavansham, according to reports, this film, made with a budget of Rs 7-8 crore, could somehow collect only Rs 12 crore worldwide, which was much less than the expectations of the makers. Due to some reasons, the film could not strengthen its reach among the audience and was below average. However, today this film is considered one of the most popular films of the country.
Talking about the film Suryavansham, this film was released in theaters on 21 May 1999. It was directed by EVV Satyanarayana. Actor Vikramam had written the story of this film. This was a remake of the Tamil film Suryavasam. The music of this film was given by Anu Malik. Talking about the cast of the film, Amitabh Bachchan had a double role in it. They were seen in the roles of father and son. Apart from them, Soundarya, Rachna Banerjee, Anupam Kher, Bindu, Shivaji Satam, Kader Khan, Neelima Azim and Mukesh Rishi were also seen in the film.
Even though it has been almost 3 decades since this film was released, even after this the memories related to the film are fresh in the hearts of the people. Many people who have been watching this film on TV since childhood have now grown up and their future generations watch this film. This is what makes this masterpiece film timeless and evergreen.
