Maine Pyar Kiya Director Sooraj Barjatya Pursued Bhagyashree For Over A Month, Reveals Son Abhimanyu Dassani

The gorgeous and extremely talented Bhagyashree made a stunning debut in Bollywood with one of Sooraj Barjatya’s most popular films ever, Maine Pyar Kiya. Co-starring superstar Salman Khan, the film was the biggest grosser of 1989 and became one of India's highest-grossing films. While Bhagyashree went on to work in other films and television series, Maine Pyar Kiya remains to be her best and most successful work till date.

Well much to the delight of her fans, son and actor Abhimanyu Dassani recently shared a pretty interesting trivia about the film. In a recent chat with Bollywood Life, he revealed, “Nobody know this, but Sooraj Barjatya, the director, had actually pursued my mother for over a month before she had said, 'Yes,' to the film. That was really something and it's something I vividly look back at to this day. I just wish that one day, I'd be fortunate or privileged enough to have a filmmaker pursue me like that for a role. That'd be a really nice feeling.”

Following in the footsteps of his mother, Abhimanyu made his debut in the Hindi film industry last year with the hit action comedy Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota, opposite Radhika Madan. He won hearts with his performance and left female fans drooling over his chiseled physique and action sequences. He is now gearing up for his second film Nikamma, co-starring Shilpa Shetty and Shirley Setia.