In the 90s, Sunny Deol and Akshay Kumar were the names, which used to make any film a money machine. Even today the charm of these stars remains. In 2023, Sunny Deol’s Gadar 2 and Akshay Kumar’s OMG 2 were among the most successful films of the year. But, in the year 2002, a film was released in theaters, in which these two superstars appeared together, apart from them, there was an army of many big actors in this film. This was the time when the stardom of Sunny Deol and Akshay Kumar was very popular among the audience, but even the stardom of these superstars could not save this film from sinking.
2002’s superflop film
We are talking about the multi-starrer film ‘Jaani Dushman’ released in 2002, in which Armaan Kohli and Manisha Koirala were in the lead roles. This film had a whole army of stars like Akshay Kumar, Sunny Deol and Sunil Shetty. The direction of the film was in the hands of Rajkumar Kohli, who was producing this multi-starrer film for his son Armaan Kohli. Rajkumar Kohli spent money like water on the film. Stars like Akshay-Sunny were also cast in the film, but he could not save this film from sinking.
These stars were seen in Jaani Dushman
Apart from Armaan Kohli, Manisha Koirala, Sunny Deol and Akshay Kumar, actors like Aditya Pancholi, Sonu Nigam, Sunil Shetty, Aftab Shivdasani, Arshad Warsi, Raj Babbar, Kiran Kumar, Raza Murad, Shahbaz Khan, Aman Verma, Rambha, Jaspal Bhati and Siddharth Ray were also seen in Jaani Dushman. But, when this film was released, it flopped badly at the box office. Although, the film may have proved to be a flop at the box office, but that was the era of CDs and cassettes and this film sold record-breaking CDs and cassettes.
What was the story of Jaani Dushman?
The story of the film revolves around an Ichhadhari Naag played by Armaan Kohli, who blames his friends for the death of his girlfriend (played by Manisha Koirala). He decides to take revenge for his girlfriend’s death and starts killing everyone one by one. The film was made on a budget of Rs 18 crore and starred stars like Akshay-Sunny, yet the film earned only Rs 18.56 crore at the box office.
After this film, Akshay Kumar bought his first house
However, this was the film after which Akshay Kumar bought his first house. That is, this flop film proved to be a boon for the Khiladi of Bollywood, as it helped him buy his first house. When Akshay Kumar appeared on Karan Johar’s popular show Koffee with Karan with Samantha Ruth Prabhu, he shared and told how he was able to buy a sea facing bungalow in Juhu, Mumbai because of Sunny Deol.
