2024-04-14 08:39:26
In the ‘Filmi Friday’ series, we are going to tell about a film of famous actor Sanjeev Kumar, which was completed and released after his death. Although about 10 of Sanjeev Kumar’s films were released after his death, but the film about which we are going to tell you, was completely different in one thing. Actually Sanjeev Kumar was a part of this film even though he was not alive. The director kept him invisible in the entire film and got his voice dubbed. Sanjeev Kumar died on November 6, 1985 due to a heart attack. Then he was only 47 years old. Sanjeev Kumar gave many hit films in his career. He was among the top stars of the 70-80s, who had many offers from films. When Sanjeev Kumar died in 1985, about 10 of his films remained incomplete, which were released later. Sanjeev Kumar had completed some of these films, while the shooting of some was left midway. One such film was ‘Professor Ki Padosan’, which was released in 1993, 8 years after the death of Sanjeev Kumar.
Sanjeev Kumar, Deven Verma and Asha Parekh in Professor’s Neighbors, Photo: YouTube/Goldmines Bollywood
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Sanjeev Kumar completed 75% of the film, everything stopped after his death
This film was directed by Shantilal Soni. Apart from Sanjeev Kumar, the film featured actors like Asha Parekh, Padmini Kolhapure, Deven Verma, Shekhar Suman, Dalip Tahil, Aruna Irani and Ananth Mahadevan. Amitabh Bachchan was associated with the film as a narrator. Sanjeev Kumar died during the shooting of ‘Professor Ki Padosan’. It is said that he had completed about 75 percent shooting of the film. But everything came to a halt due to the sudden death of Sanjeev Kumar.
Sanjeev Kumar, Deven Verma and Asha Parekh in Professor’s Neighbors, Photo: YouTube/Goldmines Bollywood
Sanjeev Kumar made invisible
The director’s condition had worsened. He was not only shocked by the untimely death of Sanjeev Kumar, but was also worried about what would happen to the ‘Professor’s neighbour’. Then director Manmohan Desai helped. He suggested Shantilal Soni to make Sanjeev Kumar invisible in the remaining film. Meaning he will not be seen in the film, but his voice will remain.
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Script changed, Sudesh Bhosale did the dubbing of Sanjeev Kumar
For this, Shantilal Soni had to make some changes in the script of the film. And completed the remaining shooting by making Sanjeev Kumar invisible. Sudesh Bhosle did the dubbing for Sanjeev Kumar’s voice in the remaining portion of the film. This way no one realized that Sanjeev Kumar was not a part of the entire film.
Sanjeev Kumar and Shoma Anand on the shoot of Professor’s Neighbor, Photo: x.com/BombayBasanti
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Shooting started in 1981, Raveena Tandon’s father was the director.
According to IMDb, the shooting of ‘Professor Ki Padosan’ started in 1981. Then its director was Ravi Tandon, father of Raveena Tandon. The film starred Sanjeev Kumar, Asha Parekh, Padmini Kolhapure. Ravi Tandon had shot the main scenes of this film and the scenes with Sanjeev Kumar. The good thing was that all the scenes of Sanjeev Kumar in the film were shot by Ravi Tandon.
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‘Professor Ki Padosan’ completed after Sanjeev Kumar’s death
But in the year 1982, this film was closed due to lack of funds. However, by then Sanjeev Kumar had shot about 75 percent of the film. Then in the year 1985, Sanjeev Kumar died. After his death, the film was revived by new director Shantilal Soni and completed the shooting of the film by making Sanjeev Kumar invisible.