Filmmaker Suneel Darshan’s Haan… Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya completed 23 years yesterday on February 15. Starring Abhishek Bachchan, Karisma Kapoor and Akshay Kumar, the film was a musical love triangle. On the film’s anniversary, Suneel Darshan looked back at its making in an interview with us.
23 years of Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya: Suneel Darshan recalls Abhishek Bachchan and Karisma Kapoor’s broken engagement that was eerily similar to the plot of the film
Haan…Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya was one of your most ambitious production, featuring Akshay Kumar with Karisma Kapoor-Abhishek Bachchan who were then engaged
HMBPK was a movie planned with great hope and noble intentions of consolidating relationships. After Jaanwar’s success, Akshay and I had cemented our professional relationship by launching Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love for which Amitabh Bachchan came on board. Karisma Kapoor playing the female lead was a foregone conclusion.
This is when you took on the added burden of HMBPK?
Yes, while the movie was into its pre-production, my younger brother Dharmesh Darshan, whose directorial career started with my production Lootere (1993), was brought back to direct his next HMBPK for me. Karisma Kapoor whose career had achieved meteoric heights with her first collaboration with the director Dharmesh in Raja Hindustani, was locked for the central role. Abhishek Bachchan, who was then engaged with Karisma, was signed to play the male lead.
Apparently, Akshay chased you until you signed him as the third angle of the triangle
The third angle of the triangular love story was a coveted casting that many top stars were eager to play. But Akshay Kumar was cast in it due to his deep bonding with me, besides the fact that he and my brother Dharmesh had worked together in Dhadkan too. Composers Nadeem Shravan were signed to compose the songs for both Ek Rishtaa & HMBPK & delivered several timeless hits for the movies.
Sounded like a fool proof project. But then Abhishek and Karisma broke up
Now, came the paradox as what began as a positive ray of hope to cement disturbances in relationships through professional collaborations become a battle of egos and confrontations culminating into bickering and break-ups, all of which damaged the art of cinema. Looking back, the lives of the key participants performed just so close to the story of the movie that I often wonder if cinema imitates life or life imitates cinema.
Akshay, who claimed he was your brother from another mother, also parted ways with you
That was conquest time… unlike thereafter. He said a lot… promised even more… raat gayee baat gayee… I choose to remember the past with a smile rather than regretting it. I look forward to a bright tomorrow with the lessons learnt from my sour experiences.
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