EXCLUSIVE: Andaz Apna Apna was to feature Mogambo's brother Zorambo; 40 minutes of the film was deleted from the final version - producer's family reveals FASCINATING trivia on its re-release

Andaz Apna Apna (1994), starring Salman Khan and Aamir Khan, will re-release on April 25 and on this joyous occasion, Bollywood Hungama exclusively spoke to Priti Sinha, Amod Sinha, Namrata Sinha, the children of the comic caper’s deceased producer, Vinay Sinha. The trio went down memory lane as they revealed some not-so-known and fascinating trivia about the film.

Amod Sinha said, “The mahurat took place in a studio. Dharmendra sir gave the clap. Sachin Tendulkar also attended the mahurat. Then the party was held in the Sun-N-Sand Hotel the same day. It was attended by all the actors of the film.”

Andaz Apna Apna features a bunch of madcap characters and originally, the makers wanted to add one more quirky character to enhance the madness. Director Rajkumar Santoshi once said that they had written a character called Zorambo, the younger brother of Mogambo, the legendary villain of Mr India (1987)! Zorambo, like Mogambo, was also supposed to be essayed by Amrish Puri.

Priti Sinha confirmed, “It’s true. My father approached Amrish Puri sir to play the part. But he didn’t have the dates. At that time, Amrish sir was very, very busy. A lot of such other information is there which will come out in the book which I am writing (smiles).”

When asked if any scene was deleted, Namrata Sinha revealed, “Raj ji (Rajkumar Santoshi) had shot 1 ½ film! 40 minutes of the film was edited out. If we could have put those edited scenes (on YouTube), then it would have been so great. Even those deleted scenes were very funny. Sadly, no one then realized that this film would become a cult classic. Also, the days were such that once a scene didn’t make it to the final version, those scenes were discarded. Koi nahin rakhta tha. People would think, ‘Yeh rakh ke kya fayda’. Now, you’d save it on the hard drive and other servers.”

Amod Sinha also gave out the information on one of the edited scenes, “The one shot in the mahurat shot was deleted. Amar and Prem meet each other at Lord Hanuman’s temple. They are wondering who should try wooing Raveena first and they decide to toss. The scene was again shot again with Javed Amrohi also being present; this version made it to the final cut.”

He said that all these scenes were as funny as the rest of the film, “Every actor remembers these scenes (as they were very entertaining).”

A conversation on Andaz Apna Apna is incomplete without mentioning Gogo. Priti Sinha added, “Among all the characters that Shakti Kapoor has done, he’s remembered the most for Crime Master Gogo. I told him the other day, ‘You do realize that this is his biggest hit character. For the longest time, you’ll be remembered for playing Gogo’!”

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