My audition for ‘Barsaat’ was probably the first time I had put on some lipstick. I was always a ‘tomboy’ or at least that is what it used to be called. Twinkle Khanna shares her memories from the sets as she says, “As a person, I was the same but as an actress, I remember being very nervous. And the way the fans enjoyed it, made it even more special.”
All I can say is that I am happy that I was part of the project and that I could work with the Deols. Sunny was a great producer to work with as he went with all my ideas and gave me everything I needed for the film, he never said a ‘no’. Then we started working on the script again, the film went through many changes. But when Shekhar had some other commitment that prevented him from directing the film, and I was offered the project, I jumped at the opportunity, it was an immediate yes. I wanted to be a part of Bobby’s launch, but Shekhar was directing it so I never mentioned anything. Reminiscing about the film, Rajkumar Santoshi shares, “I knew about ‘Barsaat’ and had always wanted to work on the project. The film holds a special place in my heart in many ways.” The title of the film also has its own share of the journey from Badal it finally got locked to ‘Barsaat’.
We initially had Shekhar Kapur with us as the director but Rajkumar Santoshi eventually made the film and saw to its release. We were hunting around for directors and the subject While he was preparing for his first film. Producer of ‘Barsaat’, Sunny Deol shares, “Bobby wanted to become an actor and he had been preparing for it. The same can be said about the team of the film. Now, two and a half decades later, while cinema and its technique has evolved, some relationships have remained the same.