Exclusive! Madhoo Reveals She Didn't Want Roja To Release In Hindi, "I Said Please Don't..."

In 1992, Mani Ratnam directed a Tamil film titled Roja starring Arvind Swami and Madhoo. The movie was a hit at the box office, and later the makers decided to dub and release the film in Hindi. Even the Hindi version of Roja did very well at the box office, and Madhoo and Arvind Swami, became well-known faces across the country.

Madhoo is all set to make her Hindi comeback with the film Kartam Bhugtam. Recently, in an interview, she said that she is the OG pan-India star.

FIlmibeat also got a chance to speak to Madhoo, and when asked about her statement about being the OG pan-India star, the veteran actress said, "I didn't mean it like I am the original superstar; I said it in a jest because Roja was the first film which released in Hindi."

She further revealed that initially, she didn't want Roja to release in Hindi. Madhoo said, "When I heard for the first time that they are releasing in Hindi. So, I said, 'please don't release in Hindi and make it into that dubbed film, I don't want it'. In Tamil, it had already released, and it was a hit. So, initially, I didn't do dubbing at that time, but they decided that they want to release in Hindi, and they dubbed it with somebody else. So, they said that the movie is releasing in Hindi, and the dubbing is also done, you can watch it. I watched it and I heard the dubbing, and I was like 'Oh My God', they are releasing this film, and this will go in Hindi without my voice."

"So, I said, let me just dub it, and in one day, I dubbed the whole film. There was nobody from the director's team, and for Roja Tamil, Mani sir was sitting for nine days, I dubbed for it for nine days, and Hindi, I dubbed in one day. That film became a hit. So, because it became a hit I feel like today everybody is making it in Telugu, and releasing in Hindi, and they are calling it pan-India, so I said, this I had done in 90s. I am the OG pan-India before Pushpa and Baahubali," she added.

Kartam Bhugtam Release Date

Talking about Kartam Bhugtam, the film, which also stars Shreyas Talpade and Aksha Pardasany, is slated to release on 17th May 2024. The movie is directed by Soham Shah.