Sa jay
Kapoo
says
‘Si f
Tum’
success
could ‘t
give
his
ca ee
the
push
he
expected:
‘Whe
a
film
did
g eat,
people
did ‘t
give
me
a y
c edit’
Sa jay
Kapoo
ece tly
ope ed
up
about
a
su p isi g
a d
f ust ati g
chapte
of
his
Bollywood
jou ey.
He
evealed
that
the
massive
success
of
his
1999
hit
‘Si f
Tum’
did
ot
t a slate
i to
f esh
film
offe s.
Despite
the
film
becomi g
o e
of
the
most
talked-about
oma tic
d amas
of
its
time,
the
acto
said
his
ca ee
failed
to
take
off
the
way
o e
would
expect.
Sa jay
Kapoo
sha es
he
did ‘t
get
a y
offe s
afte
‘Si f
Tum’
I
a
i te view
with
Digital
Comme ta y,
Sa jay
Kapoo
ecalled
how
baffli g
the
afte math
of
the
film’s
success
was
fo
him.
He
said,
“‘Si f
Tum’
was
such
a
huge
hit
that
today,
eve
afte
27
yea s,
we
a e
talki g
about
it.
But
look
at
my
desti y;
I
did ‘t
sig
a
si gle
film
afte
Si f
Tum.”He
added
that
despite
the
film’s
popula ity,
p oduce s
did
ot
app oach
him
with
ew
p ojects,
leavi g
him
puzzled
about
the
i dust y’s
espo se
to
his
success.
Sa jay
Kapoo
defe ds
‘Si f
Tum’
The
acto
also
pushed
back
agai st
the
a ative
that
his
ca ee
was
la gely
defi ed
by
failu es.
He
poi ted
out
that
while
his
flops
we e
widely
discussed,
his
hits
a ely
ea ed
him
simila
ecog itio .
He
said,
“People
easily
take
my
ame
whe
a
film
flops,
but
whe
a
film
did
g eat,
people
did ‘t
give
me
a y
c edit.”
Sa jay
Kapoo
fu the
defe ded
the
film’s
co te t,
i sisti g
that
its
success
we t
beyo d
its
popula
sou dt ack.
The
acto
said,
“Apa t
f om
havi g
supe hit
so gs,
the
sc ipt
of
‘Si f
Tum’
was
u believable,”
poi ti g
out
that
the
film’s
lead
pai
does
ot
meet
u til
the
ve y
e d.
Ca ee
highs
a d
st uggles
Sa jay
Kapoo ‘s
othe
majo
success
came
with
‘Raja’
(1995),
which
a ived
afte
his
t oubled
debut
‘P em’,
a
film
that
took
eight
yea s
to
complete
a d
ultimately
flopped
at
the
box
office.
I te esti gly,
‘Raja’
di ecto
I d a
Kuma
has
p eviously
spoke
about
how
‘P em’s
failu e
made
him
app ehe sive
about
wo ki g
with
Sa jay
agai .
Howeve ,
backed
by
Madhu i
Dixit,
cho eog aphe
Sa oj
Kha
a d
a
st o g
w iti g
team,
‘Raja’
we t
o
to
become
a
massive
hit.Despite
delive i g
two
sig ifica t
box-office
successes,
Sa jay
admitted
that
the
oad
to
becomi g
a
co siste t
leadi g
ma
emai ed
difficult
th oughout
his
ca ee .The
acto
had
also
p eviously
spoke
about
his
film
‘Koi
Me e
Dil
Se
Poochhe’,
which
completed
25
yea s
ece tly.
Though
the
film
flopped
comme cially,
Sa jay
said
it
pushed
him
to
b oade
his
a ge
as
a
acto
a d
t y
diffe e t
ki ds
of
oles.
