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Bollywood and militancy!

Fiza (2000)

This was Hrithik Roshan's first film after the hit Kaho Na... Pyaar Hai. And Hrithik was then being hailed as the first Hindi film hero to throw a challenge to Shah Rukh Khan, eight years after the King Khan took up reigns with his Kkkkkiran act in Darr.

Hrithik played a Muslim boy whose brother disappears during the Mumbai riots of 1993.

Karisma Kapoor, who played Hrithik's sister, performed brilliantly but people could not relate to journalist-turned-filmmaker Khalid Mohammad's film.

It worked initially, largely because of the hype around it, but sank soon after.

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