Amitabh Bachchan On Shashi Kapoor: Amitabh Bachchan is the superstar of the century. He has given many blockbuster films in his career spanning several decades. He is the emperor of Bollywood and rules the hearts of the audience. However, during the struggling phase of his career, Amitabh Bachchan had to go through a very difficult time. During that time, he spent many nights sleeping on the benches of Marine Drive. At the same time, Big B had revealed in an interview that the late veteran actor Shashi Kapoor had got his scenes cut from a film. Amitabh Bachchan had also thanked Shashi Kapoor for this.
Shashi Kapoor had Amitabh Bachchan’s scene removed from his film
In an interview to Bollywood Bubble, Amitabh Bachchan gave credit to late actor Shashi Kapoor for playing an important role in his career. 81-year-old Big B revealed that Shashi Kapoor was working in James Ivory – Ismail Merchant Production’s film Bombay Talkie. A funeral scene was to be shot in this film in which a crowd was needed. Amitabh Bachchan was also cast in this scene. As soon as Shashi Kapoor saw Amitabh in the crowd scene, he was not happy and asked him to leave from there. On this, Amitabh told Shashi Kapoor that he had got fifty rupees for this scene. Hearing this, Shashi Kapoor told Amitabh Bachchan not to do these small roles because he is made for better things.
But it is said that Amitabh needed money and work at that time, so he ignored Shashi Kapoor’s advice and he shot that scene and went home with the money. Later, when the late actor saw Amitabh in that scene, he asked the director to remove those parts of Big B from the film.
Shashi and Amitabh worked together in many films
Later, Shashi Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan worked together in many successful films like Kala Patthar, Shaan, Namak Halal, Deewar. Out of these films, Deewar is one of their most remembered films. Directed by Yash Chopra, the film achieved the status of a cult classic as soon as it was released. Deewar made Amitabh Bachchan famous as an angry young man. The dialogues, music, performances and other aspects of this film also left a deep impression on the hearts of the audience.
This dialogue from Amitabh-Shashi’s Deewar is iconic
One of the most famous dialogues of Amitabh-Shashi’s Deewar is “Mere paas maa hai” spoken by Ravi Verma (Shashi Kapoor), he speaks this dialogue when Vijay Verma (Amitabh Bachchan) boasts of his immense wealth in front of him. This iconic dialogue, which places the status of mother on a high pedestal, still resonates in the hearts of the audience. Apart from Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor, many actors including Nirupa Roy, Parveen Babi, Neetu Singh, Manmohan Krishna, Madan Puri, Iftikhar played important roles in Deewar. This film can be enjoyed on Amazon Prime.
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