Sholay kissa: Sholay has been one of the best films of 1975. The film earned a great amount at the box office. Even today, this film is included in the list of people’s favorite movies. Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan’s pair were well liked in the film. People started giving examples of Jai and Veeru’s friendship. Do you know that Jai was going to play Shatrughan Sinha before Amitabh Bachchan. Which was revealed by Dharmendra himself.
In an interview, Amitabh Bachchan had revealed that he was given the character of Jai by Dharmendra. After which when Dharmendra was asked about this, he accepted Amitabh to get this role.
This actor gets roll
Dharmendra was asked a question about Sholay in AAP court. When asked if he got Amitabh Bachchan a role. On this, Dharmendra said- I have never said but now he has started talking about it himself and he also thanked me. Now they have started saying, so yes I say I got it. They used to come to me or else this role was going to go to Shatrughan Sinha. When the enemy came to know, he said- Paji, you gave my role to him. I said- man, I do not understand anything. If he had come earlier, I thought I should give it to him.
Shatrughan Sinha did react
Once Shatrughan Sinha went to a singing reality show. Where he was asked about Sholay, he said- I did not have time at that time. I was shooting two films. I am sad to not be able to do Sholay, but with this, happiness is about this because my dear friend Amitabh Bachchan got a big break.
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