The connection between Bollywood megastar actor Amitabh Bachchan and Mukesh Khanna has always been a topic of discussion. Actor Mukesh Khanna, who became famous by playing the roles of Shaktimaan and Bhishma Pitamah, was sometimes accused of copying Amitabh Bachchan. At least this was what happened in the initial phase of his career. On the question of copying Amitabh Bachchan, Mukesh Khanna replied in a podcast that there was a time when people used to call Mithun Chakraborty the ‘poor man’s Amitabh Bachchan.
Tag of Amitabh’s copy was found
Mukesh Khanna was very irritated by the fact that people compared him with Amitabh. He was given the tag of Amitabh’s copy after his debut films ‘Roohi’, ‘Dard-e-Dil’ and ‘Captain Barry’ in 1981. Mukesh Khanna replied, “At one time the media had called Mithun the poor man’s Amitabh Bachchan. I don’t know how he reacted but if I had been asked, I would have said – Shutup. They would have said that you look like Amitabh.” , let’s copy them.”
Mukesh Khanna’s success gave the answer
Mukesh Khanna said, “Many of my early films were flopped due to which people started saying this. The voice of success is the loudest. When Mahabharata came, no one gave me the label of Amitabh Bachchan. It happened a lot during my career.” Recalling that period, Mukesh Khanna told how it was written in an article that due to the similarities between him and Amitabh, many of his films were defeated. Mukesh said that if Amitabh himself says this then your career will end today.
This allegation was made against Amitabh Bachchan
When Mukesh Khanna was asked whether Amitabh Bachchan ever said this? So the Shaktiman fame actor said, “He had said, but will I flop because of him? Who is Amit ji who can stop my career? A friend of mine told me how he once watched a film with Amit ji. It was about a drive-in theatre, when he saw my ad he said, “Fuckin’ copies.” Later, Amit said that. One line from G ended my career.”
