Hrithik Roshan-Preity Zinta starrer 'Lakshya' interesting trivia: Read

Lakshya is a 2004 war-drama movie helmed by Farhan Akhtar and bankrolled by Ritesh Sidhwani. movie features Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan and Preity Zinta in prominent roles. plot of Lakshya features Hrithik Roshan essaying role of Lieutenant Karan Shergill, who grows from an aimless young man into an army officer. Here is some fascinating trivia about Hrithik Roshan's movie, Lakshya.

Lakshya Movie Trivia

• Lakshya features highest crane shot ever for a feature film with a 24 feet Giraffe crane at 17.796 feet above Tanlangla Pass in Ladakh, India.

• All flashback scenes in Lakshya features Hrithik Roshan wearing a wig. However, actor first denied wearing a wig to get away with it.

• After several years of release of Lakshya when director Farhan Akhtar went to Indian Military Academy, 70% of cadets told him that y joined Indian Military Academy after watching movie.

• After 14 years of break from scriptwriting, Javed Akhtar made his comeback again with Lakshya. I Am Azaad was previously last movie that he wrote in year 1989 before Lakshya.

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• Bollywood perfectionist Aamir Khan was first offered to lead role however he has to turn down offer as he was busy shooting for Mangal Pandey: Rising.

• vast majority of n-speaking Army roles in movie were filled by real-life soldiers of 13th Battalion from Punjab Regiment.

• When Hrithik Roshan was asked if re was something he would like to change in movie, he replied saying that he would change Preity Zinta’s hairstyle in second half of movie as he found it to be awful.

• Arjun Rampal was first offered role of Jalal Akbar.

• Drill Instructor at IMA, Subedar Srivardan, was, in fact, a real-life instructor who served in senior-most infantry unit in Indian Army: Brigade of Guards.

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• Amitabh Bachchan and Amrish Puri featured opposite each or for last time in Lakshya.

• Farhan Akhtar gave a completely new look to all his lead actors Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan and Preity Zinta.

• Lakshya was inspired by Karan Kapoor 1982 movie 'Vijeta'.

• Adhuna Akhtar who mand hairstyling for Lakshya recalls a harrowing time at first-day pf shoot when Preity Zinta’s wig began to expand due to wind and temperature. At end of first day, both were in tears however y mand to make look work in Lakshya.

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• Despite being lead actor, Amitabh Bachchan only has 20 minutes of screen time in Lakshya.

• Preity Zinta stated that Lakshya was her toughest movie in which she had featured in.

• Farhan Akhtar also wanted to cast Hrithik Roshan in his previous movie 'Dil Chahta Hai'.

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