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<div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><amp-img  src="https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/media2/indiatoday/images/stories/2002August/controversy_040912111616.jpg" alt = "" height="425" width="650" class="" layout="responsive"></amp-img></div>Two much: A still from Dil Vil Pyaar Vyaar</div>Ego hassles extract a heavy price in Bollywood. Due for release are two films that have more in common than their origins in disagreement - late music legend R.D. Burman.<p>Sujoy Ghosh's <i>Jhankaar Beats</i> starring Rahul Bose and Shayan Munshi and Viveck Vaswani's <i>Dil Vil Pyaar Vyaar</i> with Madhavan and Jimmy Shergill share a common actor (Sanjay Suri) and focus on three couples. While <i>Jhankaar Beats </i>has 10 songs influenced by Burman, the <i>Dil ...</i> soundtrack has 14 of his re-recorded hits. </p><p>Ghosh says he had gone to Vaswani with a script about three couples and Burman's music, but the latter refused, instead launching his own film on the same theme. </p><p>Vaswani denies this, saying Ghosh's script was rejected because "it was smutty and boring" and they parted ways when Ghosh said the rewrite (<i>Dil ...</i>) had nothing to do with his script. </p><p>Ghosh, meanwhile, has wished Vaswani luck in "finding another story for his next venture".</p><div id="tab-link-wrapper-plugin"><div class="authors__container"><div class="authors__by"><div class="authlable">Published By: </div><div class="authdetaisl">AtMigration </div></div><div class="published__on"><div class="authlable">Published On: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Aug 26, 2002 00:00 IST</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div>

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<div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  title=""  class="" alt="" src="https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/media2/indiatoday/images/stories/2002August/controversy_040912111616.jpg" loading="lazy" /></div>Two much: A still from Dil Vil Pyaar Vyaar</div>Ego hassles extract a heavy price in Bollywood. Due for release are two films that have more in common than their origins in disagreement - late music legend R.D. Burman.<p>Sujoy Ghosh's <i>Jhankaar Beats</i> starring Rahul Bose and Shayan Munshi and Viveck Vaswani's <i>Dil Vil Pyaar Vyaar</i> with Madhavan and Jimmy Shergill share a common actor (Sanjay Suri) and focus on three couples. While <i>Jhankaar Beats </i>has 10 songs influenced by Burman, the <i>Dil ...</i> soundtrack has 14 of his re-recorded hits. </p><p>Ghosh says he had gone to Vaswani with a script about three couples and Burman's music, but the latter refused, instead launching his own film on the same theme. </p><p>Vaswani denies this, saying Ghosh's script was rejected because "it was smutty and boring" and they parted ways when Ghosh said the rewrite (<i>Dil ...</i>) had nothing to do with his script. </p><p>Ghosh, meanwhile, has wished Vaswani luck in "finding another story for his next venture".</p><div id="tab-link-wrapper-plugin"><div class="authors__container"><div class="authors__by"><div class="authlable">Published By: </div><div class="authdetaisl">AtMigration </div></div><div class="published__on"><div class="authlable">Published On: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Aug 26, 2002 00:00 IST</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div>

Ego hassles extract a heavy price in Bollywood. Due for release are two films that have more in common than their origins in disagreement - late music legend R.D. Burman.


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Of ego hassles, two Bollywood films and late music legend R.D. Burman

Ego hassles extract a heavy price in Bollywood. Due for release are two films that have more in common than their origins in disagreement - late music legend R.D. Burman.

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