‘Girls love the dust of his car…’, Amitabh Bachchan told how superstar Rajesh Khanna looked.

‘Girls love the dust of his car…’, Amitabh Bachchan told how superstar Rajesh Khanna looked.

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Amitabh Bachchan On Rajesh Khanna: Before Amitabh Bachchan, Rajesh Khanna was popular in Bollywood. Girls used to be crazy about him. Amitabh Bachchan told in KBC show that at that time Rajesh Khanna had such popularity…read more

'Girls love the dust of his car...', Amitabh told, how was Rajesh Khanna's charm

‘Zanjeer’ had changed the fate of Amitabh Bachchan.

3New Delhi. Amitabh Bachchan got his big break in Bollywood from the film ‘Zanjeer’. Its story was written by Javed Akhtar and Salim Khan. After release, the film proved to be a superhit at the box office. Amitabh Bachchan became a superstar overnight. Recently, in an episode of ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati 16’, Amitabh Bachchan recalled how he was cast for ‘Zanjeer’. Big B also revealed that if his film career did not work out, he had made a backup plan.

Amitabh Bachchan said, ‘I worked in 2-3 films, but all of them were flops. I was very disappointed. Before coming to Mumbai, I used to work in Kolkata and earn only Rs 400-500 a month. But when I came to Mumbai, I was determined that I have to succeed here. I thought that if I did not get work in films, I would drive a taxi. For this I had also got a driving license made.

Girls used to apply car dust on their forehead
He further said, ‘Finally, I got the job and Abbas Saheb gave me my first break. Zanjeer was written by Salim-Javed and it was the turning point of my career. At that time Rajesh Khanna was India’s biggest superstar. What an aura it was, what a following it was. When he came, women would apply the dust from his car’s tires on their foreheads, as if it were a blessing. At that time I was nothing. Then Salim-Javed came to meet me and offered me the story. I did not expect that I would get this role, but I did and that is how I got Zanjeer.

How Amitabh Bachchan got the film ‘Zanjeer’
Amitabh Bachchan also revealed why Zanjeer’s Salim-Javed chose him for ‘Zanjeer’. He said, ‘Javed Sahab told me that there is a scene in one of my films, Bombay to Goa, where I am sitting in a restaurant and eating a sandwich. Then Shatrughan Sinha slaps me, and I fall down. Then I stand up to fight. Still eating sandwich after getting beaten. Javed Sahab liked that scene. He was convinced that I was the perfect choice for the film Zanjeer.

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‘Girls love the dust of his car…’, Amitabh told, how was Rajesh Khanna’s charm

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