Yash Chopra loved the script and Bachchan insisted that he start the second film before the first since the project was taking long in any case. Yash Chopra agreed and work began on Deewar the very next day. Deewar proved a super hit and Amitabh Bachchan became a superstar. Yash Chopra’s banner was a front runner and actors went out of their way to block dates for his films.
Raakhee is the focus of Kabhi Kabhie and she was promised the role when Yash Chopra was shooting Daag with her. She had agreed to the project and Chopra had begun his preproduction but post Daag and pre Kabhi Kabhie Raakhee got married and her husband writer Gulzar it seems had a precondition that his wife will not work in films. Raakhee was in love with Gulzar and had agreed to it. She had agreed to Yash Chopra as well because it was a role of a lifetime and unable to say no to either of them.
To be continued
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