Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan is the name that gave Bollywood a different identity. People are still crazy about his acting and voice. He got a different identity from the film Zanjeer, but there was a time when he was not able to give hit films. Before the film ‘Zanjeer’, Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan was struggling in his career, but this film changed the fate of Amitabh Bachchan.
This film, which came in the year 1973, raised him as a star and made him Angry Young Man. At that time, Bachchan had become the name that was ruling Bollywood, but let us tell you that Amitabh Bachchan was not the first choice for this film.
Dharmendra was the first choice for the film Zanjeer: Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra worked together in many blockbuster films. But today we are going to tell you how Amitabh Bachchan got this role in place of Dharmendra in the film Zanjeer. According to the report of Times of India, director Prakash Mehra’s son Puneet had told that Dharmendra was selected for this film. His previous Samadhi (1972) with Prakash Mehra was a success. After this Dharmendra told the story of this film to the director and he also liked the story very much.
Script was bought for three and a half thousand: Dharmendra was in the lead character for the film Zanjeer as well. But the actor got busy with some other work for a year and Prakash Mehra could not wait. He bought the script of the film from Dharmendra for Rs 3,500.
Amitabh was chosen while watching the film: After this Prakash Mehra first approached Raj Kumar for the film. Who wanted to shoot the film in Hyderabad and Dev Anand wanted songs. Then at Pran’s behest, Prakash Mehra saw Bombay to Goa. Puneet told that his father shouted on seeing Amitabh in the film “Mil gaya (I found him)!”
However, this decision of Prakash Mehra was condemned by many people. People felt that Amitabh had not given any hit, so it was not right to sign him for Zanjeer. Who was suspected of casting someone without a hit. Many even called him an “adult”. But, Amitabh proved that Zanjeer was made for him.