Filmmaker Mansoor Khan says the 1988 film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak was initially supposed to have a happy ending.
Directed by Khan and written and produced by his father Nasir Hussain, the film was a blockbuster that catapulted Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla to stardom. The plot was a modern-day take on tragic romance stories such as Laila and Majnu, Heer Ranjha and Romeo and Juliet.
“Although my father had initially planned to end the movie on a sad note, he seemed sceptical about the climax and asked us to shoot another ending. However, the flow of the movie gave a feeling that there might be some tragedy soon. Hence, I opted to close the movie the way Romeo and Juliet ended,” Mansoor said in a statement.
The film completes 30 years this month.
