Vinod Khanna-Amitabh Bachchan had worked together in films like ‘Parvarish’ and ‘Amar, Akbar Anthony’.
Amitabh Bachchan is that Bollywood superstar whose journey in the industry is not just 10-20 years but more than 5 decades. Big B made his debut with ‘Saat Hindustani’ released in 1969. The 70s is called the era of Amitabh Bachchan, because every film he touched during this period did wonders at the box office. In this era, big stars could not stand in front of Big B’s stardom. But, there was one actor who was considered a big competitor of Big B. We are talking about Vinod Khanna. Despite being strong competitors, Vinod Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan did films together. On the other hand, in the early 80s, Amitabh Bachchan rejected a good film, which later fell into the hands of Vinod Khanna and became a huge hit at the box office.
This film was released in 1980
Vinod Khanna starrer this film created havoc at the box office and remained in theaters not just for weeks but for 3 months. After being released in theatres, this film was showing no signs of going away. This film is ‘Qurbani’. This film was released in theaters in the year 1980, in which many stars like Vinod Khanna, Firoz Khan, Zeenat Aman, Amjad Khan, Shakti Kapoor and Kader Khan were seen. This film proved to be one of the biggest hits of the year.
Cinema halls remained housefull for 3 months
However, Amitabh Bachchan was the first choice for sacrifice. Firoz Khan had approached Amitabh Bachchan with the offer of this film, but Big B did not show interest in the film and the film went to Vinod Khanna. As soon as Vinod Khanna was offered the sacrifice, he agreed without any delay. This film created a lot of ruckus in theaters after its release. According to the IMDb report, after the release of Qurbani, all the theaters in Mumbai remained full house for 3 months.
Qurbani was released in 1980
Sacrifice proved to be a blockbuster
Vinod Khanna played the role of Amar in this Qurbani. Whereas Firoz Khan was in the role of Rajesh Khumar. Qurbani was a blockbuster in theaters and became the highest-grossing film of 1980. Along with this film, its songs were also successful. This film was made with a budget of around Rs 2.5 crore and collected more than Rs 25 crore at the box office. That means the film had earned almost 10 times more than its budget. This film played an important role in the career of Vinod Khanna.
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