Ghayal (1990) Online
Ajay Mehra lives with his elder brother Ashok and sister-in-law Indu. He leaves for Bangalore in order to train to become an international boxer. On his return to New Delhi, he finds that Ashok is missing. He lodges a complaint at the police station but to no avail. He decides to search for his brother himself but still does not find him. Later on, Ashok's body is found and Ajay is accused of killing him as well as having an illicit relationship with his sister-in-law. While in jail, Ajay makes friends with some other hardcore convicts, who are good at heart. Then one day, they escape the jail by overpowering the guards. Ajay only has one thing on his mind: to kill Balwant Rai, a wealthy, powerful and corrupt businessman who had used Ashok's business as a front for his illegal activities. Ajay's new friends and his love interest Varsha, a journalist, help him in his mission.
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Sunny Deol | - | Ajay Mehra |
 | Amrish Puri | - | Balwant Rai |
 | Meenakshi Sheshadri | - | Varsha Bharti (as Meenakshi Seshadri) |
 | Moushumi Chatterjee | - | Indu Mehra (as Moushami Chatterjee) |
 | Kulbhushan Kharbanda | - | Police Commissioner Ashok Pradhan |
 | Om Puri | - | ACP Joe D'Souza |
 | Raj Babbar | - | Ashok Mehra |
 | Shabbir Khan | - | Vardha Rajan |
 | Sudesh Berry | - | Rajan Berry |
| Mitwa | - | Mitwa |
 | Shafi Inamdar | - | Barrister Pramod Saran Gupta |
| Brahmachari | - | Mohiley |
 | Sharat Saxena | - | Dekka |
 | Annu Kapoor | - | Drunkard |
 | Viju Khote | - | Coach |
At one point Mithun Chakraborthy agreed to do the film , but once again no producer was willing to back the film. This was due to Santoshi being an assistant to Govind Nihalani. The industry thought Santoshi would make a art house type film.
Producer A Subha Rao agreed to make the film only if Sanjay Dutt agreed. But Sanjay Dutt's dates were booked for another film.
Rajkumar Santoshi wrote the film with Kamal Hassan in mind . But he was unable to find a producer for the film.
The sequel to the film is about release 25 years later directed by Sunny Deol himself.
After producers were backing up on Rajkumar Santoshi,Dharmendra decided to produce the film through his banner Vijeta films.
Ghayal had clash with Dill at the box office then on many Aamir Khan and Sunny Deol's films clashed at the box office proving to be hits.
Sochna Kya was inspired from the Lambada by Kaoma.
Sudesh Berry is shown one of Sunny Deol's friend in the film and has a major role,in 1992 film Vansh he was the main lead along with Sushant Ray.
Dharmendra's father gave the mahurat clap during launching of Ghayal and even Sunny Deol his mother was also there at the launching of the film
K.K. Raina was to do the film. But was replaced by Sudesh Berry.
Many advised Santoshi not to take Sunny Deol for the film. They reasoned that his father Dharmendra could not help Sunny Deol's film Dacait become a hit . But Santoshi was insistent that only Sunny Deol or Kamal Hassan could do the film.
After the super success of Ghayal, the same team, Dharmendra and Rajkumar Santoshi had launched a film tittled. Ajay with Sunny Deol in tittle role, but the film was shelved. Later after some years Suneel Darshan had made a film with Sunny Deol and the tittle Ajay was used for this film.
Sunny Deol wanted Dimple Kapadia for the film. But Dharmendra rejected the idea.
Sudesh Berry was upset with Rajkumar Santoshi for editing out allot of his scenes and going back on his promise. Santoshi promised Sudesh Berry a big substantial role in the film. This did not happen. He felt cheated and went to the media with his story.
A Suba Rao told Santoshi he would produce the film but Sunny Deol would need to decrease his price. Sunny was going thru a lean phase as Ram Avtaar and Dacait had just flopped. A Subba Rao told Santoshi that if the film ran more than 100 days, he would play Sunny Deol a extra lakh. Santoshi told Sunny about the situation and Sunny Deol agreed. Sunny did not want anyone to know he had decreased his price due to his recent flops. But Santoshi got word that A Subba Rao was in a financial mess himself. Jeete Hain Shaan Se was stuck and his funds were very little. Raj Kumar Santoshi and Sunny Deol traveled to meet Dharmendra and the Batwara outdoor. Santoshi narrated the script to Dharmendra and Sunny Deol. Dharmendra was amazed how good Santoshi was. This is when Dharmendra asked Santoshi that if he wasn't a assistant to a big director like Ramesh Sippy or Yash Chopra, how come he knew his job so well? This is when Santoshi revealed he was the son of P.L.Santoshi. Dharmendra jumped up and hugged Raj Kumar Santoshi. Dharmendra had worked with his dad during his early years in the industry. Dharmendra told Santoshi not only would be produce the film, he would give his name to the film. This is something he had not even done for Betaab.
Raj Kumar Santoshi revealed that he was shooting Aghaat at the same studio as Sunny Deol was for Arjun. He saw Sunny Deol perform a emotional scene so good, he was impressed for life. He had decided that if he ever made a film, it would be with Sunny Deol.
Moushami Chatterjee had a falling out with the Deols after the film released. During the making of the film Moushami and the Deols kept clashing over several issues . When the Ghayal celebration parties was held, Moushami was not invited. She voiced her displeasure in the media.
The tune of the song Sochna Kya Jo Bhi Hoga Dekha Jayega is used in the song On the floor by Jennifer Lopez.
Directional Debut of Rajkumar Santoshi.
Sunny Deol approached Sridevi for the role.When she declined it Meenakshi Sheshadri was finalized.
26 years later Sunny Deol directed the films sequel Ghayal Once Again. 2016.Which had only him and Om Puri from the original cast.
This was the first instance when Sunny Deol and Aamir Khan films clashed with each other at the box office Ghayal and Dil.The other instance being Ghatak and Raaj Hindustani1996 and Lagaan and Gadar 2001.
Many years later Rajkumar Santoshi's film Family Ties Of Blood 2006 had a similar story.
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