At the 55th International Film Festival of India in Goa on Tuesday, Bollywood actor R Madhavan said that he was heartbroken when ‘Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein’ was flopped at the box office initially. The film was re-released in August this year to mark its 25th anniversary.
R Madhavan confessed that he visited several temples at the time of RHTDM’s release. He recalled he prayed hard for the film’s success, but it did not work in his favour. Madhavan admitted he was heartbroken at the time, but he was pleasantly surprised that the film did well when it was re-released this year.
Speaking with ANI, R Madhavan said, “When it first released, it didn’t do well; it was a flop. So, I remember being heartbroken I had gone to all the temples and made sure I had left no stone unturned to make the film the way it was supposed to, but it was heartbreaking.”
Opening up about the re-release, Madhavan said, “Little did I realize that fortune and fate had a big story for me. It (re-) released after 25 years and made more money than it did originally. It’s wonderful to be recognized for doing a film 25 years later.”
He said, “Whenever I have done romance on the train, the films have done really good. ‘Alai Payuthey,’ which was my first film with Mani Ratnam, the original of ‘Saathiya,’ and from there to ‘Tanu Weds Manu’ – wherever we had trains, the film has done well for us.”
RHTDM was released in 2001. The romantic drama, directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon, was a remake of his own Tamil film ‘Minnale,’ released in the same year. RHTDM was produced by Vashu Bhagnani’s Pooja Entertainment. The 2001 film also starred Saif Ali Khan and Dia Mirza. Meanwhile, Madhavan was last seen in ‘Shaitaan’ alongside Ajay Devgn. The film received rave reviews from both fans and critics.
