It has been a long time since we watched Dream Girl Hema Malini and Vinod Khanna on big screen, and for their fans, it’s big news. After being held for long 7 years, the movie, Ek Thi Rani Aisi Bhi finally gets a theatre release. Hema plays Vijaya Raja Scindia in this biopic and Vinod Khanna plays her husband. The duo has shared screen space in several movies in the 1970s and 1980s, Rihaee, Meera and Pathar Aur Payal to name a few. Fund problem was one among the reasons for the delayed release of the movie, originally completed in 2010.
Ek Thi Rani Aisi Bhi – The last theatre release of Vinod Khanna
Movie is an adapted script of ‘Rajpath Se Lokpath Par’, a book written by former Goa Governor Mridula Sinha and directed by Gul Bahar Singh. Hema plays a woman searching for her identity beyond her lineage in this biopic, and Vinod Khanna plays her husband. She has earlier played a royal princess role in Razia Sultan, helmed by the ace director Kamal Amrohi. Ek Thi Rani Aisi Bhi was screened earlier at Siri Fort Auditorium in Delhi, and attended by members of royal family. Though Hema was a bit tensed over the response of royal family members, she got relieved after she received positive opinion. She feels honoured to give life to Rajmata on big screen.
With a strong social message, Ek Thi Rani Aisi Bhi has been made tax-free in Chattisgarh by state government. It gives inspiration to women to achieve what they dream of if they have strong determination. Vinod Khanna couldn’t attend the screening of the movie at Delhi, and Hema Malini wished his speed recovery. While everyone was eagerly waiting to see Dream Girl as Rajmata of Gwalior on big screen, news came out that Vinod Khanna is critically ill. The movie had a theatre release on 21 April 2017, 6 days before Khanna passed away, thus marking as his last film.
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