As the audience is set to welcome his brand-new production Mili starring his daughter Janhvi Kapoor, Boney Kapoor fondly looks back at his yesteryear production ventures. While this is the first time he is working with his daughter, Boney has worked with Sridevi as he produced a few of her films. Sharing a memory from one of their collaborations, Judaai, which saw massive success, Boney says, “Everybody said that Judaai will bomb at the box office. They said how will people digest the fact that Sri (Sridevi) is married to me, but on screen she plays Anil’s (Kapoor, his brother) wife.”
However, the film saw a roaring success and the movie, which also stars Urmila Matondkar, till date enjoys a repeat value by its audience. The Raj Kanwar directorial, which was reportedly made on the budget of Rupees 6.3 Crores, collected 28.77 Crore at the box office.
Talking about other such instances, Boney adds, “I am one of those rare producers who after seeing their own films understand that it would bomb at the box office or not. Like, after seeing Shakti: The Power (Karishma Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor starrer), I realized it wont do well. Same was the case with Kyun! Ho Gaya Na… (Vivek Oberoi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan) starrer.”
He further adds, “I was very sure about my film Sirf Tum, but my distributors were not. They saw the rushes of the film and said that they would want to have their money back and asked me to not to release the film. But I had seen the full film and I was convinced about my film. I released the picture all-India myself and this film managed to give me a handsome profit. The music became a rage, and the song Dilbar is well remembered even today.”
