Dev Anand threw a “Fit” after Yash Johar tricked him into shooting at “Cheat Rohtang Pass” for Guide, recalls Karan Johar

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Karan Johar revealed some behind-the-scenes trivia about Guide as his father Yash Johar was a production controller on the film.

By Bollywood Hungama News Network -

November 23, 2023 - 3:21 PM IST

Dev Anand’s Guide is one of his most cherished films and in a recent interview, Karan Johar revealed some behind-the-scenes trivia about the classic as his father Yash Johar was a production controller on the film. Karan, in a chat with Film Companion, recalled an anecdote that his late father had shared, that made Dev throw a ‘Herculean fit’ after he was cheated on a fake Rohtang Pass location.

Dev Anand threw a “Fit” after Yash Johar tricked him into shooting at “Cheat Rohtang Pass” for Guide, recalls Karan Johar

In a chat with Film Companion, Johar recalled Dev Anand “insisted” on shooting a part of the song ‘Gaata Rahe Mera Dil’ at Rohtang Pass but when the unit was still 12 kilometres away from the location, it was evident that they wouldn’t be able to go ahead. “And at that point, my father said that it was logistically impossible to reach 12 kms beyond where they were because the unit had already worked so much upto that point,” he shared.

Yash thought on his feet and asked the cinematographer Fali Mistry if it was necessary to make it to Rohtang Pass. “He just casually went up to the DOP of the film and said, ‘Where we are right now, does it look pretty much the same from where you will capture Rohtang Pass?’ He said, ‘Yash ji it will look the same,” he shared.

So Yash decided to trick Dev Anand into believing that this place was Rohtang Pass.

“He took a look at the milestone that said ‘Rohtang Pass 12 kms’, made them paint it and write Rohtang Pass 0 kms. And Dev saab reached the location and said ‘Fantastic look at this beautiful location. I told you Yash and you were arguing with me. look how beautiful’. And they shot ‘O mere humrahi’, that whole antara, they have done in that location which was a cheat Rohtang Pass location,” he recalled

After they were done shooting, Dev decided to take a walk but as he walked ahead, he found a milestone that read ‘Rohtang Pass 11 kms’. He shared that Dev threw a “Herculean fit but by then the job was done and the film was shot.”

Speaking of the film, Guide was directed by Vijay Anand, and is still regarded as one of the best films of Hindi cinema.

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