Shahenshah of Bollywood Amitabh Bachchan is still dominant in Bollywood. Amitabh Bachchan has been a part of this industry for many decades and even today he is impressing people with his acting. Amitabh Bachchan has given many blockbusters in his career. But there is one film which flopped miserably. There were not 1-2 but 7 big stars in this film. Even these 7 stars could not save this film. Amitabh Bachchan’s Sholay broke many records at the box office. Ramesh Sippy had made a film after Sholay which flopped miserably.

Ramesh Sippy made an action thriller film after Sholay to increase his power. In which top stars were seen. The name of this film is Shaan. According to the report of DNA, Ramesh Sippy wanted to bring back the star cast of Sholay once again. He had asked Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar and Hema Malini to play the main roles. Amitabh Bachchan had said yes to the film but everyone else had refused.

Film made with this star cast
When the rest of the star cast of Sholay refused to do the film, Rakhi Gulzar, Parveen Babi, Sunil Dutt, Shashi Kapoor, Bindiya Goswami, Johnny Walker and Kulbhushan Kharbanda were cast along with Amitabh Bachchan. Due to such a big star cast, this film had become very expensive.

A film made in such a budget
Shaan was written by Salim-Javed. This film was released in theaters on 12 December 1980. When this film was ready, its budget was 6 crores which was double that of Sholay. This was the most expensive Indian film of that time. This film could not live up to people’s expectations. This film had collected Rs 4.50 crore at the box office. She could not even figure out her budget. There were negative reviews about the film which had an impact on the box office.

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Filmmaker and choreographer Farah Khan is very popular on social media. People like his vlogs very much. She makes a show with her cook Dilip in which she goes to the houses of big celebs and prepares their best dishes. Farah Khan recently went to singer Shaan’s house. Where both of them together remembered their old days. Meanwhile, Farah narrated an anecdote related to the film Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar.

While talking to Shaan, Farah said- ‘The first film that Shaan did was Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar. Shaan laughed at this and said yes, I was there with the saxophone. After that Farah said- ‘And I was a junior dancer there. Shaan’s son was shocked to hear this from Farah.

Farah had kissed Deepak Tijori
Farah said- ‘I was actually working as an assistant director. But when there was a shortage of dancers, I started helping in the choreography and every time when no dancer came, he would make me stand in front of the camera. There was even a scene in which Deepak Tijori kissed my cheek. The girl he wanted to kiss had refused. After that Deepak kissed me.

money was not received
After this, when Shaan asked, ‘Did you get the money?’ On this Farah said- ‘I did not get it.’ After this, Shaan told that he had worked on the film for four days but he was hardly seen in the final cut. He said- ‘After shooting for four days, I had gone there just for a passing shot in the mixing of the songs. Farah said- ‘I think it was Jatin’s song. I was choreographing it. The makers were so poor that they even included Jatin in the song.

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The name of Bollywood’s famous singer Shan is among those who make their special identity in the music world. His voice has given a new direction not only to Hindi cinema but also the music of many languages. Shan’s singing started in a special way, which very few people know.

Shaan sang jingles for many advertisements first instead of singing directly in films. This was his first step, which gave him a strong hold in the music world. There were many difficulties in this journey, but Shaan never gave up and today he is one of the most favorite singers of Bollywood. Let’s know how this journey was his journey.

Work started from a young age to run a family
Shaan’s real name is Shantanu Mukherjee. He was born on 30 September 1972 in Khandwa city of Madhya Pradesh. He belongs to a Bengali family. He was fond of music since childhood. His grandfather Jahar Mukherjee was a famous lyricist, while his father Manas Mukherjee was a music director. Because of this, there was a deep attachment to music since childhood. He was only four years old when he started singing.

Doing work from young age
At the age of just 13, the shadow of father was raised from Shan’s head. In such a situation, he started working at a young age to help his family. Shaan started his career by singing jingles for advertisements. This period was very important for him because Jingles recognized his voice and his singing got a platform. Many times his jingles became so popular that people started recognizing his voice.

R.D. Burman’s remix song recognized
After this, Shaan started his career in Bollywood with the film ‘Parinda’ (1989). At that time he was only 17 years old and gave his voice as a playback singer in a song from the film. Later Shan gave R.D. The remix version of Burman’s popular song ‘Roop Tera Mastana’ sang, which people liked a lot. This song gave him a chance to move even further in Bollywood.

In 1999, there was a golden turn in Shan’s career, when he sang the song ‘Musu Musu Hasi’ for the film ‘Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi’. This song got a lot of love from the audience and proved to be his first major hit. After this, he lent his voice in many films like ‘Lagaan’, ‘Saathiya’, ‘Fana’, ‘Bhool Bhulaiya’, ‘Om Shanti Om’ and ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ were made very popular.

Many awards made their names
Shan has sung songs not only in Hindi, but also in Bengali, Marathi, Urdu, Telugu, Kannada and many other languages. His versatility established him as a multilingual singer. Along with this, he has also hosted many music reality shows such as ‘Saregamapa’, ‘Saregamapa Little Champs’, and ‘Star Voice of India’, which gave him a different identity.

Shaan has received many awards in his career. He has received two Filmfare Awards and three International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards.

The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) successfully conducted the release trials of the long distance glide bomb (LRGB) ‘Gaurav’ from Sukhoi Fighter Jet SU-30. During these trials, the weapon was integrated at several stations in various war conferences, which had a target on an island. The tests successfully performed with accuracy up to 100 km.

Characteristics of Gaurav Bomb
The weight of the Gaurav bomb is 1,000 kg square. It has been designed and developed indigenously on behalf of Research Center Imrat, Ordnance Research and Development Establishment and Integrated Test Range Chandipur. INS and GPS data have been combined with highly accurate hybrid navigation schemes. Talking about capacity, Gaurav Bomb is capable of penetrating long distance goals with accuracy.

It was tested (8–10 April 2025) by SU-30 MKI aircraft. Gaurav Bomb was successfully performed with accuracy up to 100 km. Adani Defense Systems and Technologies and Bharat Forge will form it.

Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO and IAF for successful testing of ‘Gaurav’
Posted on X on behalf of the Defense Minister’s office, it was said that DRDO India has successfully conducted successful tests of Long Range Glide Bomb (LRGB) ‘Gaurav’ from SU-30 MKI during 8-10 April 2025. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO, IAF and industry for successful development tests of ‘Gaurav’. He said that the development of ‘Gaurav’ will further increase the capabilities of the armed forces.

The @DRDO_India Has successfully conducted the release trials of long range glide bomb (LRGB) ‘Gaurav’ during 8-10 april 2025 from the su-30 mki.

Raksha Mantri Shri @rajnathsingh Complimented DRDO, IAF and Industry for Successful Development Trials of the long range glide bomb… pic.twitter.com/rhbtlhzsfg

– Defense Minister Office/ RMO India (@DeffenceminIndia) April 11, 2025

These tests have paved the way to include this weapon in the Indian Air Force, which is an important step in strengthening India’s defense capabilities. The Indian Air Force did not have any such glide bomb during the Balakot air strike. In such a situation, Israeli’s Spice-20,000 bombs were dropped from the Mirage fighter jet of the Indian Air Force on the training camp of terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammed.

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