Madhuri Dixit's 'Dil To Pagal Hain' was first B'wood movie shot in Baden, know more facts

Madhuri Dixit Nene is one of most celebrated and evergreen Bollywood actors. She was considered to be an A-listed actor and one of highest-paid actors in 1990s. One of her biggest blockbusters from time was Yash Chopra’s Dil Toh Pagal Hain (1997). movie cast Madhuri Dixit Nene, Karisma Kapoor, and Shah Rukh Khan as lead characters.

movie was a super hit and earned many awards for performances of actors in movie. re are a number of or interesting facts about movie that fans might be unaware of. For instance, fans will be surprised to kw that Yash Chopra refused 54 Manish Malhotra dresses before settling on one for Madhuri Dixit Nene’s look in Dil Toh Pagal Hain.

Here are some or lesser-kwn facts about Dil Toh Pagal Hain. Read ahead.

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Dil Toh Pagal Hain lesser-kwn facts

• character of Nisha was initially offered to Raveena Tandon, Juhi Chawla, Kajol, Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar, and Shilpa Shetty Kundra, but unfortunately, y all turned it down. Later,  role was played by Karisma Kapoor, who even won a National Award for her performance.
• movie was Shiamak Davar's debut as a choreographer in Bollywood.
• Akshay Kumar, who played a cameo in movie, was reportedly upset with Yash Chopra for t being paid what was promised to him. This issue led to Akshay Kumar t working with Yash Raj Films for over 11 years.

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• Uttam Singh spent over two years composing music for this movie.
• This was first Bollywood movie to be shot in Baden-Baden, Germany, and in German me park Europa Park.
• At one point movie was titled, Tevar and had Urmila Matondkar playing Karishma Kapoor's character.
• Bollywood actor and dancer, Shahid Kapoor has also appeared in movie as a background dancer in song, Le Gayi.

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• characters of Pooja's foster parents were initially offered to Anupam Kher and Hema Malini, but things didn’t work out as planned and y declined part.
• Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan and Salman Khan were initially offered character of Ajay, that was later played by Akshay Kumar.
• Karisma Kapoor had actually injured her foot during a dance sequence and was admitted in Leelavati hospital, as shown in movie.

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