The director was in depression, got the idea from a Bengali film, then made such a movie in 1 crore that the box office was shaken

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According to a report by Bollywood Hungama, Hrishikesh Mukherjee made the film ‘Alaap’ with Amitabh Bachchan, which was highly praised by the critics, but the film flopped at the box office. Hrishikesh Mukherjee said, ‘I was completely broken and struggled with depression for many months. To get out of this, I decided to make a comedy movie. (Photo courtesy: IMDb)