Dev Anand Rejected This Blockbuster Film Of Amitabh: Amitabh Bachchan gave many superhit films in his career. People of his acting are still admirers. At the time when Big B was stabilizing himself in the industry, many other veteran stars were standing in front of him in the line. His film ‘Zanjeer’ made Amitabh Bachchan a big Bollywood star with Angry Young Man. But do you know that this film was not offered to Amitabh earlier.
This is how Amitabh Bachchan got chained
Yes, ‘Zanjeer’ first fell in Amitabh Bachchan’s lap after the rejections of Dev Anand, Dharmendra and Rajesh Khanna. Many times actors reject films for some reason, but their rejected film becomes a blockbuster, which the actor regrets for the rest of his life. Something similar happened with Dev Anand as well. He refused to work in ‘Zanjeer’ and the film went to Amitabh Bachchan.
‘Zanjeer’, released in the year 1973, made Amitabh Bachchan a superstar, although he had worked in many films even before this, but the stardom that this film gave him, he could not get any film before that. The film’s director Prakash Mehra narrated the story, along with he also revealed that the film was not his.
Prakash Mehra had bought the rights of this film from Salim Javed. He was about to bring a film named ‘Samadhi’ at that time. He liked the idea of ’Zanjeer’ and thought of making this film instead of ‘Samadhi’. Dev Anand was the first choice of the makers for ‘Zanjeer’ but he refused to work in this film.
Dev Anand also rejected this film
‘Zanjeer’ turned Amitabh Bachchan’s fortunes and made him a star overnight. Not only this, ‘Don’, another blockbuster film of Big B’s career, was also offered to Dev Anand earlier. He rejected this too. Big B was seen in a double role in this film.
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