Throwback: When Yash Chopra cast-off Poonam Dhillon’s pitch for Yeh Vaada Raha

Throwback: When Yash Chopra cast-off Poonam Dhillon’s pitch for Yeh Vaada Raha

Actress Poonam Dhillon recently over a media interaction disclosed the late filmmaker Yash Chopra’s reaction when she once pitched him a film idea based on Daniel Steele’s
“The Promise”. It was later helmed by Kapil Kapoor with the title Yeh Vaada Raha. This was in 1982.

Amidst the media interaction Poonam also disclosed that Yash Chopra cast-off the film saying that the film wouldn’t be acceptable by the Indian audience with the exception of Hema Malini becoming Zeenat Aman.In accordance to the plot of the story, the lead actresses transformed following a cosmetic surgery.

As per Yash Chopra, there was a flaw in the story, which, according to him, renders it unsuitable for the Hindi audience. “He said, tell one thing, if Hema Malini becomes Zeenat Aman, who will accept?’ He finished his dream there and then, and the story was over. Yash Chopra was not going to make it.

It was later that Poonam realised Yash Chopra was right about audience’s reaction
Years later, Poonam was pitched a similar story by the makers of Yeh Vaada Raha, which she immediately accepted. However, after the film’s struggling performance at the box office, Poonam recalled Yash’s feedback on the story. “And sure, it proved right enough. At that time, plastic surgery wasn’t something people would accept so easily. And that whole face has changed, and the same person is etc. So, it didn’t work well at that time,” she added.

Yeh Vaada Raha also featured Rishi Kapoor, Tina, Rakhee and Shammi Kapoor. It was the first Hindi film where the lead female character was portrayed by two actors (Poonam and Tina) through the use of plastic surgery.
 

News Edit KV Raman