Published 12:59 IST, April 27th 2020
John Abraham starrer 'Salaam-e-Ishq' inspired from Hollywood film? Learn more trivia
John Abraham shared screen space with Vidya Balan for the first time in 'Salaam-e-Ishq'. Take a look at some interesting trivia about romantic musical drama.
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John Abraham is considered as one of most bankable actors in Bollywood in current times. John Abraham's movies promise a full-dose of entertainment to its viewers, which is high-octane action sequences, and surreal romantic scenes. Some of John's table films include Satyamev Jayate, Dostana. Batla House, Parmanu: Story of Pokhran, Salaam-e-Ishq, and Dhoom. Talking about John Abraham's movies, in 2007 John featured in a Dharma Productions multi-starrer film titled Salaam-e-Ishq.
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Unlike his im, John Abraham essayed a sensitive role in film of a loving husband. His character struggles to reunite with his wife played by Vidya Balan, who lost her memory post a train accident. Even though Salaam-e-Ishq could t live up to its hype, yet John Abraham's stupendous performance in drama was highly lauded by critics. Here are some lesser-kwn facts about film, you must take a look at.
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Interesting Trivia about Salaam-e-Ishq
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1. John Abraham shared screen- with Vidya Balan for first time in Salaam-e-Ishq. Fans loved ir on-screen chemistry in Dharma movie. Reportedly, John and Vidya were also dating each or for a brief period, and news about ir alleged link-up was talk of town.
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2. Salaam-e-Ishq is Nikhil Advani's second film as a director. His directional debut Kal Ho Na Ho was a magnanimous success at box-office.
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3. Salaam-e-Ishq was one of most expensive movies of 200s era. It was made at a whopping budget of 35 crores, 13 years back. It had an interesting ensemble cast that included Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Akshaye Khanna, Ayesha Takia, Priyanka Chopra, Salman Khan, John Abraham, Vidya Balan, Sohail Khan, and Isha Koppikar, Govinda, and Shann Esra.
4. This was second time Salman Khan and John Abraham were cast in a film. Before Salaam-e-Ishq, two dapper actors featured in Baabul opposite Rani Mukerji.
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5. Salman Khan's song Tenu Leke was chartbuster hit and actor performed on this track in his several awards-shows performances.
6. A South African actress and singer, Shann E was cast opposite Govinda in film. original choice for that character was Sonali Bendre, but she passes on project.
7. story of Salaam-e-Ishq is inspired by Hollywood movie 'Love Actually', and it took two years of time to complete shooting of musical film.
12:58 IST, April 27th 2020