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Rishi Kapoor starrer Karz was released over 40 years ago and boasted of some of the most famous Laxmikant-Pyarelal songs like Om Shanti Om, Ek Haseena Thi, but for a film that is remembered till date for its masala twist to the cliched reincarnation plot, this Subhash Ghai film failed massively at the box office upon its release..
But, fate wasnt on the films side and somehow it did not get a thumbs up from the audience and it was this lukewarm response that pushed Rishi Kapoor in deep depression..
In his autobiography Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor Uncensored, Rishi Kapoor shared that Feroz Khans Qurbani released just a week after Karz and the excitement of Qurbani killed Karzs chances instantly..
The no-show came as a shock and I had to get Raj saab (Kapoor) to reassure him that wed made a good film irrespective of its commercial failure, he said.. Rishi himself spoke about his dejected attitude after Karzs failure and said that at the time, he was shooting for four films simultaneously but couldnt bring myself to go to work..
Karz might not have worked at the box office but the film, which also starred Tina Munim, Simi Garewal, Pran, Prem Nath, is one the most cherished films of the 1980s..
