Akshay Kumar and Sunil Shetty are counted among the big stars of Bollywood. Both these veterans started their career in the 90s and both are still working in Bollywood. Soon this pair will be seen in the multi-starrer film ‘Welcome to the Jungle’. Akshay and Sunil have worked together in many films before. One of his blockbuster films has been such that it has earned a profit of almost 600 percent.
The film was released 32 years ago
While Akshay Kumar made his Bollywood debut in the year 1991 with the film ‘Saugandh’, Sunil Shetty made his debut in Hindi cinema with the year 1992 film ‘Balwaan’. Both the stars were seen together on screen at the beginning of their career. The name of the film that both of them are talking about is ‘Mohra’. This excellent film was released 32 years ago i.e. in the year 1994.
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There was a big explosion at the box office
Akshay Kumar played the role of Inspector Amar Saxena in Mohra. Whereas Sunil Shetty was in the role of Vishal Agnihotri. While famous actress Raveena Tandon was the lead actress. Naseeruddin Shah played a negative role named Mr. Jindal. Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Paresh Rawal, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Raza Murad were also part of it.
This was an action romantic film made under the direction of Rajiv Rai. According to the report of SACNILC, Mohra, made at a budget of Rs 3.75 crore, earned the tag of blockbuster film by earning Rs 12.02 crore at the Indian box office and Rs 22.65 crore worldwide. Mohra had earned a total profit of 596 percent. According to IMDb report, it was the second highest grossing film of 1994. You can watch it on Amazon Prime Video.
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When will ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ be released?
Along with Akshay and Sunil, more than 30 stars including Raveena Tandon, Rajpal Yadav, Paresh Rawal, Tusshar Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Disha Patani, Jacqueline Fernandez are going to be seen in ‘Welcome to the Jungle’. Made under the direction of Ahmed Khan, this film will be released in theaters on June 26.