Actor-MP Jaya Bachchan is understood for by no means mincing her phrases and talking the reality. This is a trait she seems to have all the time had. Back within the day when she was a well-known actor and pals with Amitabh Bachchan, who was nonetheless struggling to search out his toes within the movie trade, she had known as out the highest star of the day, Rajesh Khanna, for insulting Big B.
Rajesh Khanna and Jaya Bachchan, Bhaduri then, had been engaged on Bawarchi (1972). Amitabh would usually go to the units to speak together with his pals. Khanna apparently didn’t like this and suggested Jaya to keep away from him. He apparently instructed that Amitabh had no future within the trade. An indignant Jaya retorted that the person he’s speaking all the way down to will someday run the movie trade.
A nonetheless from Rajesh Khanna and Jaya Bachchan’s movie Bawarchi (1972). (Photo: Express Archive)
Coincidentally, it was Deewar (1975) that established Amitabh within the trade, a movie that was purported to be achieved by Rajesh Khanna. The movie was directed by Yash Chopra and written by Salim-Javed.
Deewar cemented Amitabh Bachchan’s indignant younger man persona.
In an earlier interview, Rajesh Khanna had revealed, “Salim-Javed and I had differences. They refused to give the script to Yash Chopra because they wanted only (Amitabh) Bachchan. So, although Yashji wanted me for Deewar, he had no choice. And, I guess overall, he must have felt that maybe Amitabh fitted the bill better. Later, I saw just two reels of Deevar and honestly, I said, ‘Wah kya baat hai’. Talent was always there whether I worked with him in Anand or Namak Haram – I mean handi mein se agar chawal ka ek daana nikalo to pata lag jaata hai ki kya hai (if you take out a grain of rice from the pot you know its quality)– but talent needs the right break. After Deewar I always envied him. Only thing is, I smiled each time he slipped because he made the same mistakes that I once made.”