{"id":140550,"date":"2025-11-15T03:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/140550\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T03:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:30:11","slug":"shah-rukh-khan-was-the-only-one-who-backed-baazigar-despite-industry-doubts-says-writer-javed-siddiqui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/140550\/","title":{"rendered":"Shah Rukh Khan was the only one who backed Baazigar despite industry doubts, says writer Javed Siddiqui |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Shah Abbas\u2013Mustan\u2019s Baazigar may be celebrated today as a cult classic, but back in 1993, the film was viewed as a major risk. Released in just Shah Rukh Khan<\/a>\u2019s second year in Bollywood, the thriller went on to transform careers\u2014turning SRK into a breakout star, giving Kajol<\/a> her first significant commercial hit, and launching Shilpa Shetty<\/a>. It eventually became the fourth-highest-grossing Hindi film of the year. But before all the acclaim, the project was met with widespread skepticism.<\/p>\n

The industry doubted the idea of a \u2018negative hero\u2019<\/p>\n

In a conversation with Bollywood Hungama, writer Javed Siddiqui revealed that many believed audiences would reject a protagonist with morally dark shades. \u201cWhen the project started, a lot of people said that you have made a negative character into a hero or you are making a hero into a villain. They also pointed out that he commits five murders in the film,\u201d he said. \u201cMost people were shocked and felt the audience wouldn\u2019t accept such a protagonist.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While producers and insiders worried the film would backfire, one person stayed adamant that it would work\u2014Shah Rukh Khan himself.<\/p>\n

SRK\u2019s confidence stood out<\/p>\n

Siddiqui shared that amidst all the doubts, SRK displayed an unwavering conviction. \u201cBut only one person had confidence in the film, and he was Shah Rukh,\u201d he recalled. \u201cHe said, \u2018I will pull it off.\u2019 He has something different in him. He is also very hardworking when it comes to preparing for his role.\u201dThat determination would eventually define SRK\u2019s early career\u2014choosing challenging, unconventional roles and turning them into milestones.<\/p>\n

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A bond formed before Baazigar<\/p>\n

Javed Siddiqui also revisited memories from the days when SRK was still finding his footing in the industry. \u201cI had developed a bond with him before Baazigar. My partner Robin Bhatt and I used to write movies together and had a permanent room in a hotel in Khar. Shah Rukh often visited us because, at that time, he wasn\u2019t so busy,\u201d he said.Decades later, Baazigar continues to be remembered as the film that showcased Shah Rukh Khan\u2019s fearlessness\u2014and proved his instinct right when almost everyone else doubted the gamble.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Abbas\u2013Mustan\u2019s Baazigar may be celebrated today as a cult classic, but back in 1993, the film was viewed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[80979,10391,321,93,61,60,80975,15459,80976,57473,1266,80978,3216,80977],"class_list":{"0":"post-140550","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-abbas-mastan","9":"tag-baazigar","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-javed-siddiqui","15":"tag-kajol","16":"tag-negative-hero","17":"tag-shah-rukh","18":"tag-shah-rukh-khan","19":"tag-shah-rukh-khan-baazigar","20":"tag-shilpa-shetty","21":"tag-srk-baazigar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}