On hearing the name of ‘Amjad Khan’, the first face that comes to your mind is ‘Gabbar Singh’. This character was such that on hearing the name of Amjad, this dangerous dacoit from ‘Sholay’ comes to your mind. Amjad played this character with so much passion that ‘Gabbar Singh’ is famous even today. Today, on the birth anniversary of Amjad Khan, let us try to know some things related to this character. Amjad Khan was born on 12 November 1940. He did his early schooling from St. Andrews High School, Bandra. After this he did further studies from R. D. from National College. During college, he joined a theater group and started acting from here.
Danny was doing his second film
Amjad Khan worked in 132 films in his career. He got his biggest success from the 1975 film ‘Sholay’. This film proved to be a milestone for him and his character ‘Gabbar Singh’ became immortal forever. But this would not have happened if Danny had free dates. First this role was given to Danny. Danny was shooting for the film ‘Dharmatma’ at that time, so he refused to do this film. After this Amjad did this film and became famous in the entire film world.
Salim Khan’s suggestion
After Danny’s refusal, the search for an actor for the role of ‘Gabbar’ in the film was going on rapidly. In such a situation, Salim Khan suggested the name of Amjad to Ramesh Sippy. This suggestion of Salman Khan’s father Salim was considered and then Amjad was finalized for this role. No one thought that this suggestion of Salim would prove to be a trump card for the film.
Apart from ‘Sholay’, Amjad Khan showed his acting skills in many films. These include many films like ‘Muqaddar Ka Sikandar’, ‘Hiralal Pannalal’, ‘Sita Aur Geeta’, ‘Laawaris’, ‘Parvarish’, ‘Mr.’ Natwarlal’, ‘Do Shikari’, ‘Kala Paani’, ‘Rocky’. Amjad left this world at the age of 51 due to a heart attack on 27 July 1992.
