What: Many times films have been announced with immense fanfare but only a few get to see the light of day. Veteran filmmaker Subhash Ghai‘s ‘Shikhar’ is one of them. In the 1990s, Ghai announced his ambitious film ‘Shikhar’ with actors Shah Rukh Khan and Jackie Shroff. The film’s mahurat was held in Haryana with great enthusiasm. Unfortunately, the movie did not make it through to the end.
Furthermore: In a recent conversation with ANI, Ghai took a stroll down memory lane, sharing why ‘Shikhar’ was not made. “ ‘Shikhar’ had a war backdrop. We had done our mahurat and even recorded a few songs for it. However, we had to shelve the film due to budgetary issues incurred after ‘Trimurti’ failure..so we thought of making a small film and eventually ‘Pardes’ happened,” he recalled.
We say: It’s always heartbreaking when a film that is announced with a lot of fanfare is shelved especially if it is helmed by a director like Subhash Ghai.