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Line 57: \| width=25% }} [[Kamna Chandra]], one of the script writers of the film, had gone to ~~[[USA\|America]]~~the United States to meet her daughters ''Tanuja'' and ''[[Anupama Chopra\|Anupama]]'' (whom Vidhu Vinod Chopra would later marry) as they were studying there. Having watched Chopra's film ''[[Parinda]]'' on video and being impressed with it, both of them asked their mother to write a story and approach him to direct it. Chandra had previously written ''[[Prem Rog]]'' and ''[[Chandni (film)\|Chandni]]''; both were love stories. She knew Chopra made "dark films", but decided to meet him.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=4 April 2012 \|title=Movies: How 1942 A Love Story was made \|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-part-of-the-cost-of-the-set-was-borne-by-jackie-shroff/20120404.htm \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427112237/https://m.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-part-of-the-cost-of-the-set-was-borne-by-jackie-shroff/20120404.htm \|archive-date=27 April 2021 \|access-date=8 June 2022 \|website=[[Rediff.com]] \|language=en}}</ref> After returning, Chandra met Chopra at Natraj Studios. She made him listen to two or three of her ideas, among which he liked one and asked her to develop it. Chandra finished the script and dialogues by a year, until a day when Chopra himself called her and suggested that they should make a love story set in another era instead of the present time. This provoked Chandra; she could not sleep that night. However, she became excited in the next few days. She had grown up amidst the [[Indian independence movement\|Indian freedom struggle]], so she decided to place the story at that time. This formed the core plot for ''1942: A Love Story''.<ref name=":0" /> Line 80: ===Filming=== [[Principal photography]] for the film, being handled by [[Binod Pradhan]], took place mainly at various locations in [[Himachal Pradesh]], including the district [[Chamba district\|Chamba]], [[Dalhousie, India\|Dalhousie]], [[Khajjiar]] and the [[Kalatop Khajjiar Sanctuary\|Kalatop Sanctuary]] to depict pre-independence India.<ref name=":2" /> An artificial set resembling Dalhousie was created in the [[Film City, Mumbai\|Mumbai Filmcity]], since it was an expensive proposition to take the entire cast and crew there. It was erected by art director Nitin Desai with a cost of {{INR\|80 lakhs}}. According to Desai, many people told Chopra not to give chance to him, as he was a newcomer; yet Chopra had full faith on him''.<ref name=":0" />'' == Music == Line 113: ==Release== ''1942: A Love Story'' was released on 15 April 1994.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Roy Chowdhury \|first=Rishita \|date=15 April 2021 \|title=Anil Kapoor celebrates 27 years of 1942: A Love Story \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/movies/celebrities/story/anil-kapoor-celebrates-27-years-of-1942-a-love-story-1791306-2021-04-15 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416181557/https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/movies/celebrities/story/anil-kapoor-celebrates-27-years-of-1942-a-love-story-1791306-2021-04-15 \|archive-date=16 April 2021 \|access-date=2022-10-04 \|website=India Today \|language=en}}</ref> It opened to positive reviews from critics, with praise drawn towards the cast performances, [[cinematography]], and the [[soundtrack]] by [[R. D. Burman]].<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Chandra \|first=Anupama \|date=15 June 1994 \|title=Soundtrack of '1942: A Love Story' marks the revival of romance, poetry in Hindi film music \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/story/19940615-soundtrack-of-1942-a-love-story-marks-the-revival-of-romance-poetry-in-hindi-film-music-809283-1994-06-14 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108084813/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/story/19940615-soundtrack-of-1942-a-love-story-marks-the-revival-of-romance-poetry-in-hindi-film-music-809283-1994-06-14 \|archive-date=8 November 2022 \|access-date=2022-11-08 \|website=[[India Today]] \|language=en}}</ref> [[Amitabh Bachchan]] had attended the preview screening of the film and congratulated Chopra for his endeavour.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Agarwal \|first=Amit \|date=31 May 1993 \|title=Commercial, but not cliched \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/films/story/19930531-movie-preview-vidhu-vinod-chopra-1942-a-love-story-and-dilip-kumar-kalinga-811112-1993-05-30 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109114550/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/films/story/19930531-movie-preview-vidhu-vinod-chopra-1942-a-love-story-and-dilip-kumar-kalinga-811112-1993-05-30 \|archive-date=9 November 2022 \|access-date=2022-11-09 \|website=India Today \|language=en}}</ref> == Accolades ==

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