In fact, in the 1990s, film makers in Bollywood mostly made ‘family entertaining’ films. But director Rakesh Roshan crossed the limits in his 1997 film Koyla. In particular, a scene involving actress Deepshikha Nagpal was considered by many people to be crossing limits and later there was a lot of controversy over that scene. Deepshikha has talked about that experience after 28 years.

Deepshikha shared her experience of working in coal
In an interview given to Hindi Rush, Deepshikha shared her experience of working on Coal. She said that while reading the script, she was stunned and was wondering how Rakesh Roshan would shoot this scene. He told, “I asked Rakesh sir, ‘When are we shooting that scene?’ He replied, ‘Do you remember everything?’ I said, ‘Absolutely.’

Deepshikha also revealed that when this scene was being discussed, her mother was also present there. The actress said, “I consoled him and said, ‘Don’t worry. Then I told him how we would shoot it. I told Rakesh sir to keep the camera at shoulder level, so that my tube top was not visible. At that angle it looked as if I was taking off my clothes, but I was fully dressed.’

How Deepshikha shot the naked scene of ‘Koyla’?
He further said, “I wore a swimsuit for the back shot and the shooting was completed without any hassle. When the shooting was completed, I was still wearing jeans. Rakesh sir was surprised that we were able to shoot this scene so easily.” Deepshikha gave credit for the execution of this scene to her technical understanding. She said, “I knew I was fully clothed during the shooting, but when you see the scene, it feels as if I am taking off my clothes. Without technical knowledge, I would never have agreed to do it.”

Deepshikha was trolled for doing a scene without clothes
As soon as the film was released, Deepshikha’s naked scene created a stir. Talking about people’s reaction, Deepshikha said, “There was a lot of uproar at that time. People close to me also started saying, ‘What have you done? You took off your clothes on the screen. These were my own people, and I used to cry over it.’

Daughter had broken the CD
Recalling a personal moment, she said: “I remember my daughter broke the coal CD. I was like, ‘What have I done?’ It seemed as if this one thing had covered my entire career. People made it shameful… something that even my own children might not respect me for.”

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Coal Production in India: While America is a global superpower in terms of economy, China is second. But in the field we are talking about, India has become the second economy of the world. India ranks second in coal production with 1085.1 million tonnes, while China is ranked first with 4780.0 million tonnes. In this case, many developed economies including America were left behind.

According to a report by the Statistical Review of World Energy 2024 of the Energy Institute in the latest coal production, coal production in China is four times more than India. In this report, India has been accepted as a global energy power.

India becomes global power in coal production

Significantly, a large source of electricity is coal. India’s hold in the coal sector is strong in the global market. Apart from this, Indonesia is at number three with 836.1 billion tonnes of coal production, while America is at number four with 464.6 million tonnes. That is, in terms of coal production, the countries coming in third and fourth place are far behind India.

Many big countries behind

462.9 million tonnes of coal production is being done in Australia, while 427.2 million tonnes are being produced in Russia. Market experts believe that the increase of coal production in India is a good sign in terms of industrial speed and energy security. However, it is definitely that emphasis is being laid globally on reducing the use of coal in terms of tourism and climate change. But coal fulfills the great need of energy. There is definitely a focus on renewal energy from India.

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Coal production: Be it thermal power plant or the steel industry, there is a major demand for coal in the energy sector of India. By the way, there is no shortage of coal in India. The five countries of the world which have the largest reserves of coal include America, Russia, Autllia and China as well as India. But despite this, India needs to get coal from other countries because there is a shortage of coal for better quality like cooking coal in the country. Apart from this, many times there is a need to import coal to meet the increasing domestic demand. Billions of dollars are spent every year.

Government savings in 11 months

However, the government on Tuesday informed about the increase in coal production in the country. Due to this, during April 2024 to February 2025, the import of coal in the country declined 9.2 percent to 220.3 million tonnes (MT). Whereas last year, 242.6 metric tons of coal had to be imported during this period. The coal ministry said that due to this decrease in the import of coal in the last 11 months, the country’s foreign exchange reserves have saved about $ 6.93 billion (Rs 53137.82 crore).

Power generation also increased

The good thing is that there has been a decrease in import of coal in all non-regulated sectors except the power sector. Coal imports in these areas have decreased by 15.3 percent. However, the good thing is that the use of coal has increased by 2.87 percent compared to last year from April 2024 to February 2025. But there has been a decrease of 38.8 percent in the import of coal for blending by thermal power plant.

India is becoming self -sufficient in coal production

India is trying to reduce its dependence on coal imports and become self -sufficient in coal production. The government has also started many initiatives like commercial coal mining and mission cooking coal for this.

As a result, coal production increased by 5.45 between April 2024 to February 2025. The coal sector of India plays an important role in supporting its rapidly growing economy, in which coal works as a primary source of energy in many big sectors such as electricity, steel and cement.

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Throwback: Shah Rukh Khan has worked in many great films in his Bollywood career. In the 90s, there were many films of Shah Rukh Khan who made him a star. One of them is a film in which Shah Rukh’s acting was highly praised. Shahrukh Khan’s coal came in 1997. In this film, Madhuri Dixit was seen in the lead role with Shahrukh. The film got good reviews but could not show anything special at the box office. There is a funny anecdote associated with this film. Shah Rukh Khan made a demand for a scene in the film, which was rejected by director Rakesh Roshan.

In the 90s, Shah Rukh Khan used to be the first choice of the makers. His films Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Dar, Baazigar proved to be a hit. He was the top actor of that time. Many big producers were even writing scripts for Shah Rukh.

Shahrukh’s demand was canceled
According to the story on IMDB, Shah Rukh Khan got hurt during the shooting of the song in the veil. Due to which the shooting had to be stopped. Shah Rukh told Rakesh Roshan that why should we not stop the scene during that song and put a flash alert so that the audience can know that the song was hurt during the shooting. On hearing this idea, Rakesh Roshan refused this demand. Because it seems like Amitabh Bachchan’s coolness again.

Shahrukh’s idea of ​​copying Amitabh Bachchan was rejected by Rakesh Roshan. After which there was also an estrangement between the two.

Sunny Deol was the first choice
Let me tell you that Rakesh Roshan’s first choice for coal film was Sunny Deol. Sunny felt that Rakesh would not be able to pay her fees to her. Because of this, he refused the film. After that the film was handed over to Shah Rukh Khan and he became a hero.

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