Director Ramesh Sippy’s historical film ‘Sholay’ came in 1975. This film did wonders and continues to do so. After this, he also made a big budget multi-starrer film like ‘Shaan’. In this too, like Sholay, Amitabh Bachchan was in the lead. But Ramesh Sippy was among those directors who are known for creating history. That’s why he was not going to stop.
Last time Ramesh Sippy created history by making ‘Sholay’, this time by making ‘Shakti’ (1982) he did an amazing job which neither anyone before him nor after him could do. And this amazing thing was not related to the earnings of the film. The film did not do wonders at the box office. So what made this movie amazing?
What was amazing about ‘Shakti’?
On one hand there is Dilip Kumar whose acting has no match. On the other hand, Amitabh Bachchan is considered an institution of acting. It was no less than a miracle in itself that Ramesh Sippy cast both these great heroes in the same film. As soon as this news spread, it became a topic of discussion. For those interested in films, it was a matter of debate as to who would prevail over whom.
What did Ramesh Sippy have to say on the film?
Ramesh Sippy had said in an interview to Lallantop that he knew that this film would be a great film showing the story of father and son. He had said that he also knew that due to the coming together of Amitabh and Dilip, this film would become a completely different film. However, the film did not perform well. But this film is still counted among the best films of Bollywood.
He had told that by the time this film was released, Amitabh had become an institution in itself. They used to do everything like dancing, singing, love, but there was nothing like that in this film. That’s probably why people were disappointed. However, he says that there should be some dancing and singing in the film. But later we decided that this film would be better without all this. Therefore we decided that we will not make any such agreement.
Ramesh Sippy, who created the amazing relationship between Amitabh and Dilip.
According to reports, when Amitabh was at the peak of his career, he was ready to play the second lead in Shakti as soon as he heard the name of Dilip Kumar. He was so keen to work with Dilip Kumar that he did not care that he was playing the second lead and that too in a film whose story revolved around Dilip Kumar.
Amitabh’s role in the 2004 film ‘Khaki’ was also inspired by Dilip Kumar’s role in Shakti. However, the public proof of the affectionate relationship that developed between Dilip and Amitabh after this film was found in the year 2005 after the release of Amitabh’s film ‘Black’. Dilip Kumar had written a letter to Amitabh praising him. Let us tell you that Amitabh also received the National Award for Best Actor for this film. So it would not be wrong to say that the miracle that Ramesh Sippy
