‘Jo
Jeeta
Wohi
Sika da ’
became
a
box-office
success
upo
its
1992
elease
a d
has
si ce
go e
o
to
build
a
devoted
cult
followi g.
Sta i g
Aami
Kha ,
Ayesha
Jhulka,
Pooja
Bedi
a d
Deepak
Tijo i,
it’s
ow
widely
co side ed
o e
of
I dia
ci ema’s
fi est
comi g-of-age
films.
Yet
its
p oductio
was
a ythi g
but
seamless,
ma ked
by
epeated
casti g
shuffles
a d
le gthy
delays.
The
film
was
i itially
set
to
featu e
Aami
Kha
alo gside
Gi ija
Shetta
a d
Mili d
Soma ,
though
seve al
cast
membe s
we e
swapped
out
befo e
completio .
Pooja
Bedi
ecalls
the
casti g
shake-up
i
Jo
‘Jeeta
Wohi
Sika da ’
Looki g
back
at
the
casti g
shake-up,
Pooja
Bedi
ece tly
told
Vickey
Lalwa i,
“F om
what
I
have
hea d,
it
was
about
60%
shot
a d
the
me,
Deepak
Tijo i
a d
Ayesha
Jhulka
stepped
i
a d
played
ou
happy
pa ts
a d
fit
the
cha acte s
ow
that
Ma soo
was
thi ki g
they
should
be
po t ayed
i
this
ma e
a d
so t
of
eso ated
with
the
e e gy
of
what
he
was
i te di g
to
c eate
o
ci ema.
A d
we
had
so
much
fu
shooti g
it.
We
had
so
much
fu .
I
had
o e
sce e
left
with
Mili d.
Mili d
was
still
the e
whe
I
e te ed
a d
I
shot
o e
sce e
with
him
a d
the
he
got
eplaced.
The
Deepak
Tijo i
stepped
i .”
Deepak
Tijo i’s
i itial
ejectio
f om
‘Jo
Jeeta
Wohi
Sika da ’
Deepak
Tijo i
had
ea lie
evealed
to
Bollywood
Bubble
that
he
was
i itially
i
the
u i g
fo
‘Jo
Jeeta
Wohi
Sika da ’
but
was
passed
ove
despite
a
st o g
auditio .
A ou d
that
same
pe iod,
Mahesh
Bhatt
sig ed
him
o
fo
‘Aashiqui’
a d
‘Sadak’,
p ojects
that
helped
him
establish
himself
as
a
acto .
I te esti gly,
o ce
ea ly
75%
of
‘Jo
Jeeta
Wohi
Sika da ’
had
al eady
bee
shot
with
Mili d
Soma
playi g
the
lead
a tago ist,
Deepak
was
b ought
back
o
boa d.The
acto
ecalled,
“So
they
had
shot
75
pe
ce t
of
the
film
with
Mili d.
I
used
to
hea
sto ies
that
the e
was
a
p oblem
goi g
o
o
the
sets
of
Jo
Jeeta
Wohi
Sika da .
But
si ce
I
was
ot
i volved
with
the
film,
I
did ’t
pay
atte tio .
I
moved
o ,
e ded
Aashiqui
a d
Sadak
(1991).
Mahesh
Bhatt
asked
me
to
go
a d
meet
Ma soo
Kha .
I
efused.
But
he—you
k ow
how
he
would
give
gaalis…
It’s
his
love
a d
affectio …
So
I
ag eed
to
meet
Ma soo ,
a d
the e
I
got
to
meet
Nasi
Hussai
sahab.”
Deepak
Tijo i’s
evelatio
at
Jo
Jeeta
Wohi
Sika da ‘s
30th
a ive sa y
Deepak
also
sha ed
a
evelatio
he
came
ac oss
at
the
film’s
30th-a ive sa y
celeb atio
i
2022.
“I
got
to
k ow
somethi g
o
the
30th
a ive sa y
of
the
film…
Aami
a d
Ma soo
told
me
that
the
film
had
shut
dow
a d
Ma soo
was
i
dep essio
because
he
thought
that
he
had
wasted
all
his
fathe ‘s
mo ey.
The
film
was
esta ted
afte
I
came
i ,”
he
said.
