Pakistani actress Urwa Hocane was earlier offered the lead female role of Sangeeta Bijlani, however, she refused to say that she didn't want to do bold scenes.ħ. For example, Sourav (Ganguly), Kapil (Dev), Manoj (Prabhakar), Navjot (Singh Sidhu), Sachin (Tendulkar), Ravi (Shastri), and the actress Sangeeta Bijlani.Ħ. In this film, all characters that were playing cricketers and the Bollywood actress were addressed by their first name and not their full name as it was based on the real cricketers and the actress. The scene in which Pakistani batsman sleds Azhar during the Indo Pak test match is Venkatesh Prasad and Aamir Sohail's fight which took place in the quarter-final of the 1996 world cup in Bangalore.ĥ. Tony D' Souza considers Akshay Kumar as his mentor and hence he was given special thanks in the beginning.Ĥ. This is because Azhar is the third film of director Tony D'Souza, his first two films being Blue and Boss, both featuring Akshay Kumar in lead roles.
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At the starting of the movie we see that Akshay Kumar has been given special thanks. The song Oye Oye is a compilation of Sangeeta Bhijlani's hit songs from Tridev as the character is based on her.ģ. This is Emraan Hashmi's third movie concerned with cricket.Ģ.