1942: A Love Story: Difference between revisions

| gross = {{INR|69.9 million}}<ref name="box">{{cite web|title=1942: A Love Story (1994)| url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3095| url-status=live |website=[[Box office India]]|access-date=9 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223104310/https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3095|archive-date=23 December 2016}}</ref>

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The film's core plot was reported to be inspired by the [[Kannada (language)|Kannada]]-language film ''[[Mysore Mallige (film)|Mysore Mallige]]'' <ref>{{cite web |url=http://prekshaa.in/contributions-of-kannada-cinema-to-historical-dramas/#.WzkGorc5ZPy |title=Contributions of Kannada Cinema to Historical Dramas |website=prekshaa.in |access-date=10 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701165115/http://prekshaa.in/contributions-of-kannada-cinema-to-historical-dramas/#.WzkGorc5ZPy |archive-date=1 July 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> which itself was based on the 1942 [[Mysooru Mallige|work of same title]] by [[K. S. Narasimhaswamy]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vijaykarnataka.com/news/vk-special/k-s-narasimhaswamy-a-prominent-indian-poet-in-the-kannada-language/articleshow/50700135.cms | title=ಕನ್ನಡದ ಅನನ್ಯ 'ಪ್ರೇಮಕವಿ' }}</ref> The [[screenplay]] was jointly written by [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]], [[Kamna Chandra]] and Chopra. [[Binod Pradhan]] acted as the cinematographer while [[Renu Saluja]] edited the film. [[R. D. Burman]] composed the highly successful soundtrack with lyrics penned by [[Javed Akhtar]]. This was the last film work of R. D. Burman, who died before the release of the film. It was the first Indian film on [[Dolby Stereo]].