

Santoshi then decided to bring Salman Khan to the party followed by then relative newcomers Karishma Kapoor and Raveena Tandon as the female leads along with Paresh Rawal in a double role. Khan’s comic timing in films such as Dil (1990) and Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahi (1991) had revealed his funny bone but it took Santoshi’s laugh-a-minute script to really tickle it. With two back-to-back dramas in Ghayal (1990) and Damini (1993), Santoshi was looking for something lighter and Aamir till that instance hadn’t done an all out comedy. Legend has it that it was AAA’s producer Vinay Sinha who approached Raj Santoshi with the idea of making a film with Aamir Khan. Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Raveena Tandon and Karishma Kapoor in a scene from Andaz Apna Apna.
