Movies News Desk – The film ‘Bidaai’ is completing 50 years of its release tomorrow, Wednesday 9th October. This film was released on 9 October 1974. The pairing of Jitendra and Leela Chandavarkar was very strong in this film directed by LV Prasad. This film proved to be a blockbuster at the box office. This film is also memorable for Jitendra personally, because after this film and because of this film, his wife Shobha came into his life. Let us know how..
The film was rejected
According to reports, consideration was going on to cast Rajesh Khanna in the film ‘Bidaai’. This film was first offered to Rajesh Khanna, but he rejected the offer. Kaka did not do the film due to fees. When he did not get the amount he asked for, he rejected the offer.
Had made this promise to Shobha
During the release of this film, Jitendra was dating Shobha. According to reports, he had promised his girlfriend Shobha that if ‘Bidaai’ became a hit, he would marry her. Whatever Jitendra said proved to be true and this film proved to be a blockbuster. Jitendra and Shobha got married.
This film proved to be a milestone in my career.
It also proved to be a milestone in the career of actor Jitendra. This film saved the sinking boat of his career. This was the actor’s blockbuster film three years after the film ‘Caravan’ in 1971. Jitendra had no work during the shooting of the film ‘Bidaai’. Apart from this, it is said that this film was offered to Parveen Babi before Leela Chandavarkar, but she refused.
