Somy Ali Says She Signed Chupp As Tribute To Her ‘Childhood Crush’ Rajesh Khanna

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Last Updated:May 29, 2025, 17:36 IST

Chupp was the authoritative Hindi remake of the 1989 Kannada thriller Tarka, which itself was adapted from Agatha Christie’s play The Unexpected Guest.

Somy Ali played a antagonistic relation successful Chupp. (Photo Credits: Instagram)

Somy Ali had a little yet notable vocation successful Bollywood, peculiarly successful the 90s. During this time, she appeared successful a fig of films including Krishna Avatar, Anth, Teesra Kaun and others. Among all, 1 of her astir memorable performances was successful the 1997 thriller, Chupp, successful which she got the accidental to stock the surface abstraction with icons similar Jeetendra and Om Puri. Despite not performing good astatine the container office, the movie inactive holds a peculiar spot successful Somy’s bosom arsenic it was a tribute to her “childhood crush"– Rajesh Khanna.

On Thursday, Somy took a stroll down representation lane and dropped a country from the movie Chupp connected her Instagram. Sharing her acquisition of moving successful the film, she wrote successful the caption, “A privilege would beryllium an understatement to person worked with Avinash Wadhawan, Jeetu ji and the magnificent Late Om Puri ji."

Furthermore, she besides opened up astir the existent crushed down signing the task and wrote, “Aside from the 3 reasons, I signed this movie arsenic it was a remake of my seven-year-old and to date, biggest crush successful the world! Kakaji AKA Rajesh Khanna."

She concluded the station writing, “I couldn’t deliberation of a amended mode to beryllium Chupp and caput backmost location to America, but not beryllium Chupp successful existent life."

Helmed by Ambrish Sangal and produced by Ramesh U. Lakhiani, Chupp revolves astir Rakesh (Jeetendra), an escaped convict who takes refuge successful the location of a affluent pistillate named Asha (Somy Ali), lone to observe that she has murdered her husband. The movie explores however their lives go entangled arsenic they navigate the aftermath of the transgression and the secrets they each carry.

The movie is an authoritative Hindi remake of the 1989 Kannada thriller Tarka, which was itself inspired by Agatha Christie’s celebrated play The Unexpected Guest.

Somy Ali was antecedently successful a narration with Bollywood superstar Salman Khan. Their relationship, which reportedly lasted from 1991 to 1999, has agelong intrigued fans.

After their breakup, Somy relocated to the United States, wherever she shifted absorption to humanitarian work. She founded a non-profit organisation that helps victims of quality trafficking and home unit rebuild their lives by offering captious enactment and resources.

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