8 Bollywood films with a long production time

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Qais and Laila 

Directed by K Asif, Qais and Laila took over 20 years in production and it thus holds the record for the film that took the longest to make

Mughal-E-Azam 

Bollywood’s iconic film Mughal-E-Azam starring Dilip Kumar and Madhubala took 16 years to be fully completed. The film started in 1944

Pakeezah 

Pakeezah started shooting in 1958 in black and white. When colour came, these portions were scrapped and shooting was done again. It took over 14 years to be completed 

Brahmastra Part 1: Shiva

Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt starrer film Brahmastra took almost 10 years to complete. This was done to not compromise at all on the VFX or the story

Rocketry: The Nambi Effect

Directed by R Madhavan, this biographical drama based on the life of Nambi Narayanan, took 10 years of sheer hardwork. You cannot miss out on this film!

Mehbooba

Mehbooba started production in 1999 and got released in 2008. This 8 year period was due to a lot of reasons but the film eventually was praised for the performances

Tumbbad 

Tumbbad, a period folklore, took 6 long years to complete the production. Hats off to Sohum Shah! This fantasy horror film was re-released in the cinemas recently

Hum Tumhare Hai Sanam

With Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Salman Khan in lead, this film didn’t do too good at the box office but took nearly 6 years to be completed