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Bobby Deol in a still from Soldier (1998), mid-action pose

Soldier’s Lost Song: Ramesh Taurani Reveals Why Bobby Deol’s First Scene Wasn’t What We Saw

Ramesh Taurani reveals that Nadeem-Shravan and Javed Akhtar were a wrong combination for Soldier, leading to the scrapping of a Bobby Deol-Preity Zinta song and the eventual rise of Sameer as the film’s lyricist.

11 Oct 20262 min

Bollywood

‘Yaara O Yaara’ Was Meant for Raja Hindustani

The song that became a defining moment for Aamir Khan’s Raja Hindustani almost didn’t happen. According to Ramesh Taurani, the original plan was to open the film with ‘Yaara O Yaara Milna Humara’—a track he says was locked in during early sessions. But Dharmesh Darshan, the film’s director, pulled it out. Why? Because he wanted the title itself to be part of the music. The line ‘Sabse pyaara m…'

4 Oct 20261 min