Amitabh Bachchan News: Actress Jaya Bachchan made her Bollywood debut in 1971 with the film Guddi. Dharmendra was in the male lead role in this film. The film was made by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The film was well liked. The film was commercially and critically successful. With this film, Jaya established herself as a leading actress in Bollywood. But do you know that the first choice for this film was Amitabh Bachchan. But he was dropped from the film.
Amitabh was out of the film
According to a DNA India report, Amitabh was cast for the role of Jaya Bachchan’s husband Naveen. Amitabh had even shot for 10 days for Guddi. But then he was replaced. However, he then played a cameo role in the film as Amitabh Bachchan. Naveen’s role was played by Samit Bhanja. The actor is a popular star of Bengali cinema.
The director had told the reason for ousting him
When Hrishikesh Mukherjee was asked why Amitabh was dropped from the film, he told Times Now- When Amitabh was about to play a small role, which was Jaya’s love interest, I had already signed him for Anand. I did not want to lose Amitabh for a small role. The lead role in Guddi was written for Dharmendra. Dharmendra played the role of Dharmendra, the star of whom Jaya was a fan.
Let us tell you that this film was made two years before Amitabh and Jaya’s marriage. Amitabh and Jaya got married on 3 June 1973. Amitabh Bachchan’s film Anand was a superhit. Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan were in the lead roles in this film. Both the story and the acting of the film were liked so much that the film earned a lot. Anand is cast in classic films.
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