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Published 20:36 IST, March 19th 2020

Priyanka Chopra's 'The Hero: Love Story of a Spy' was Amrish Puri's last film as villain?

Priyanka Chopra made her Bollywood debut with The Hero: Love Story of a Sky, alongside Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta. Check out the film's lesser-known facts

Reported by: Riddhi Adsul
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The Hero: Love Story of a Spy is Priyanka Chopra's debut film in Bollywood. Helmed by Anil Sharma, the Indian spy thiller features Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta and Priyanka Chopra in the lead roles. The Hero: Love Story of a Spy is one of the most notable films of Bollywood as it became the third highest-grossing movie of the year 2003. 

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The Hero: Love Story of a Spy deals with the love story between Arun Sharma and Reshma, played by Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta. Apart from the trio, the flick also stars Amrish Puri and Kabir Bedi as antagonist. Here are a few lesser-known facts about The Hero: Love Story of a Spy, check out.

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Interesting and lesser-known facts about The Hero: Love Story of a Spy 

  • According to reports, while shooting an action sequence for the film, Sunny Deol jumped off an 11,000 feet tall peak without using a stunt double. 
  • The Hero: Love Story of a Spy is Sunny Deol's second film with the director Anil Sharma. Gadar: Ek Prem Katha was the flick the duo delivered.  
  • The spy thriller was reportedly tagged as the most expensive Hindi film of the year 2003, costing around Rs. 55 crore. 
  • The Hero: Love Story of a Spy is the first Indian film that is also distributed in digital format in Indian cinemas

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  • The Sky Is Pink actor Priyanka Chopra made her Bollywood debut with this movie. 
  • The Priyanka Chopra starrer broke the record of the highest-ever Mumbai territory first-week collections which earlier belonged to Kaante
  • The Hero: Love Story of a Spy was the last movie of Amrish Puri where he played a negative role.

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Check out scenes from The Hero: Love Story of a Spy

 

Updated 09:18 IST, March 20th 2020

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