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It was Luck By Chance that proved that perhaps Kapoor was never meant to be a hero his spirited cameo was one of several gems in the sparkling film. Sanjay Kapoor’s middle-aged second innings – he stole the show in Lust Stories and The Zoya Factor – has looked far more organic than Bobby Deol’s. Which is ironic, because only one of the two went on to embrace the versatility of modern Hindi cinema. Except for the fleeting spark of Sirf Tum in 1999, nothing clicked. Deol would star in several hits over the next decade, but Kapoor’s lead-acting career never quite took off. Deol made a barnstorming debut with co-star Twinkle Khanna in Barsaat, while Kapoor’s Raja with Madhuri Dixit became the sleeper hit of the year. Accompanying the two Khans in the top 5 of the box-office list: Anil Kapoor’s younger brother Sanjay Kapoor and Sunny Deol’s younger brother Bobby Deol. Hot and cold doesn’t begin to cut it.ġ995 was also the year of star siblings.

Rangeela was the tide-turning hit, but his other three roles? A pre- Lagaan Ashutosh Gowarikar’s Baazi, Godfather rip-off and Rajinikant starrer Aatank Hi Aatank and Mansoor Khan’s Akele Hum Akele Tum. But Aamir had a similar arc in 1995 too, back when he, like most others, did at least 3 films a year. (Ditto for his Salman collaboration, Andaz Apna Apna, which conquered time better than Karan Arjun). Rangeela may not have won the battle of the Khans, but 25 years on, the film has garnered the more “serious” legacy of the two. For some context, Akshay Kumar did 11 (!) films in 1994, and Govinda averaged 7 a year across the entire decade. 7 may be an abnormal number today, but it was par for the course in the raging 90s. That’s a total of seven roles (two multiple-hero titles), two mega-hits, five massive flops. He headlined five other films: Zamaana Deewana, Guddu, Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India! (does anyone else remember Anupam Kher exploding like a water balloon?), Ram Jaane and Trimurti. 1995 was both SRK’s most successful and least successful season. But those are just the ones we choose to remember. Both were blockbusters at opposite ends of the genre spectrum. Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge and Karan Arjun were the top two grossers of the year. Here are 10 things that typified the Bollywood of 1995:ġ995 was widely known as the year Shah Rukh Khan took the throne. It was noisy, nutty, and B-town was firmly perched at the crossroads of history and post-liberalization. Mahesh Bhatt, who recently made a forgettable comeback after 20 years of no directorial action, had three films to his credit that year. In fact, two Shah Rukh Khan movies released within ten days of each other. Simultaneous shoots expanded our concept of time, some filmmakers had 3-4 titles releasing in the same year, most actors and actresses appeared on the silver screen almost every other month. There were the obvious game-changing titles, but the sheer quantity of movies produced made for a diverse season.