That film Aditya Chopra got scared after seeing such a film was made next month, it turned out to be an all time blockbuster. Last Updated: November 26, 2025, 14:55 IST Bollywood Blockbuster Movies: Ram Gopal Varma is known for making unusual films. He gave many great films to Bollywood like Satya, Company, Rangeela, Sarkar, Bhoot, Rakta Charitra. In the 90s, the audience eagerly awaited his films. Once even famous Bollywood director-producer Aditya Chopra got nervous after watching Ram Gopal Varma’s film. He expressed his fear to his good friend. It is also a coincidence that Aditya Chopra and his friend’s film released in theaters after Ram Gopal Varma’s film. Both the films turned out to be all-time blockbusters. In the 90s, three directors suddenly came into limelight in Bollywood. These directors were Ram Gopal Varma, Aditya Chopra and Dharmesh Darshan. It was September 1995. Ram Gopal Varma’s film ‘Rangela’ was released. Aamir Khan, Urmila Mantodkar and Jackie Shroff starred in the film. Story is written by Ram Gopal Verma, dialogues are written by Neeraj Vora and Sanjay Chail. Music is by AR Rahman. In the film Rangeela, the dress, music, songs and dialogues of the actors and actresses were all different. The audience liked this film a lot. Aditya Chopra was so nervous after seeing the craze of this film that he even started considering postponing the release of his film. Let us know the interesting story… The movie Rangeela was released on 8 September 1995. This movie was made on a budget of around Rs 4.5 crore and had a worldwide collection of Rs 33 crore. It turned out to be a blockbuster film. Another craze was seen among the youth after the film Rangeela. When the film Rangeela hit theaters, the post-production work of Aditya Chopra’s first film ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ was going on at the same time. The film was scheduled to release on 20 October 1995 on Diwali. In such a situation he said to his friend Dharmesh Darshan who will watch my film ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’? Dharmesh consoled him. Dharmesh Darshan narrated the whole story in one of his interviews. Dharmesh said on his YouTube channel, ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Raja Hindustani were released within a gap of a year on the occasion of Diwali. I have a good friend, he is my age, I am a big fan of his father. Can you imagine being nervous even for a day? He had wisdom in this. Rangeela film was seen in theatres. I saw this film. ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ released on Diwali, three weeks after Rangeela. ‘Raja Hindustani’ was released after a year. Raja Hindustani was made, it took some time. Aditya Chopra and I were riding together. He asked me if Rangeela’s songs were a hit. How will my film do?’ Add News18 as preferred source on Google Dharmesh further said in his video, ‘To give confidence to Aditya Chopra, I told him that Rangeela is a great film by my friend Ram Gopal Varma, I have also seen it, but the day a film is made with solid Indian content, it will create history. I forgot to name my film Raja Hindustani. Today, when there is a comparison between Dilwale Dulhaniya Jayenge and Raja Hindustani, I feel happy. Talking about ‘Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge’, Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Amrish Puri were seen in lead roles. It was Aditya Chopra’s first film as a director. He wrote the story and screenplay. The blockbuster music of the film was painstakingly composed by Jatin-Lalit. Although a total of 7 songs were kept in the film, but even today the music of the film is equally fresh. DDLJ received the National Award. Received a total of 15 awards including 10 Filmfare Awards. Made on a budget of just Rs 4 crore, this film surprised everyone by making a worldwide collection of Rs 103 crore. It turned out to be an all-time blockbuster film. DDLJ is included in the must watch list. One of the best films of Bollywood. It is one of the highest grossing films in the history of Hindi cinema. The iconic train scene from the film has been replicated in many films like Chennai Express, Jab We Met. The most interesting thing is that the title of the film ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ was given by actress Kirron Kher. He gave this title after being inspired by a song ‘Le Jayenge, Le Jayenge Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge’ from the 1976 Shashi Kapoor film ‘Chor Machaye Shor’. A year after the release of ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’, on November 11, 1996, on the same day of Diwali, Aditya Chopra’s friend Dharmesh Darshan’s film ‘Raja Hindustani’ was released. It is also a strange coincidence that Dharmesh Darshan’s film was a blockbuster at the box office. Aamir Khan-Karisma Kapoor starred in the film Raja Hindustani. Karisma Kapoor’s beauty was most visible in this film. Raja Hindustani gave him the number one position in Bollywood. A total of 8 songs were included in the film with the music of Nadeem-Shravan, which was heard from radio stations to railway stations, buses-cars, squares and intersections in those days. This film was made on a budget of Rs 6 crore and had a worldwide collection of Rs 76 crore. It turned out to be an all-time blockbuster film. The film Raja Hindustani, which won 5 Filmfare Awards, was at number one in the list of highest earners in 1996. There was also a kiss scene of about one minute between Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor in the film, which took three days to film. Click here to add News18 as your favorite news source on Google. First published: 25 November 2025, 19:44 IS T home entertainment. Those 3 films were released in a span of two years, all three turned out to be blockbusters