<P> Tinnu Anand, who had made the very successful film Kaalia with Amitabh, wanted to make another movie with him during the early 1980s . The story of Shahenshah was written by Amitabh's wife, Jaya Bachchan and further refined by Tinnu Anand's father Inder Raj Anand . Even though Anand signed up Bachchan in 1983, the film could not commence shooting because only three days before shooting was to begin in Bangalore, Amitabh fell seriously ill . After a thorough medical examination it was revealed that he had developed myasthenia gravis, a rare chronic autoimmune disease marked by muscular weakness without atrophy . </P> <P> Due to Amitabh's illness and his commitments to other movies, the start of Shahenshah's shooting was delayed until 1985 . By this time, the main heroine of the film, Dimple Kapadia, was replaced by Meenakshi Sheshadri . The now iconic costume that Amitabh donned in this movie weighed almost 18 kg, and despite his illness, Amitabh insisted on wearing the costume in all of his fight scenes . </P> <P> The shooting eventually wrapped up in October 1987 . Even though the film was initially planned to be released in November, the release date kept on being pushed back due to the threat of a boycott of the movie by some opposition political parties . These parties had had some conflict with Amitabh while he was a Congress MP and they maintained bitterness towards him even after he had retired from politics . </P> <P> Shahenshah was finally released in February 1988 and went on to become a huge blockbuster earning over 6 crores by its fifth week . The film performed very well at the box office despite strong competition from other superhit movies like Tezaab and Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, both of which were targeted towards the newer generation . </P>

Film shahenshah jane do jane do mujhe jana hai