Amitabh Bachchan’s loss wasVinod Khanna’s gain

Amitabh Bachchan’s loss wasVinod Khanna’s gain

It’s an established fact that every actor dreams of selecting the right roles to gain ground in their career in the Indian Entertainment Industry. However, sometimes circumstances beyond controls leads to their losing out on a life-changing opportunity.
A similar instance happened with Amitabh Bachchan.

In the year 1980, actor filmmaker Feroz Khan wanted to direct a film featuring the legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan. Though Amitabh wanted to work in the film, he told Feroz Khan that he being committed he will have to wait for six months. Bur, Feroz couldn’t wait and offered the role to Vinod Khanna and the rest is history.

Vinod Khanna was a superstar of his time but his career was riddled with full of ups and downs. There was a time, at the peak of his career, when he also quit acting and turned towards spirituality. But, when he finally made a comeback and got the opportunity to essay a character which Amitabh Bachchan
was keen to work on in Feroz Khan’s film.

The film was Feroz Khan’s directorial’ Qurbani’ featuring Feroz Khan Zeenat Aman, Amjad Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Aruna Irani, Amrish Puri, and Kader Khan in lead roles.

After its release, ‘Qurbani’ was declared a blockbuster and became the highest-grossing film of 1980. Its songs were famous and the movie sold the most number of records and tapes in 1980.

‘Qurbani’, made on a budget of Rs 2.5 crore, went on to earn over Rs 25 crore at the box office. Even today, Amitabh Bachchan might regret not being able to do this film.
‘Qurbani’ was also remade in Tamil as ‘Viduthalai’ in 1986 by producer K. Balaji. The film featured Rajinikanth in Feroz Khan’s role and Dr Vishnuvardhan in Vinod Khanna’s role and was shot in the US, but was only an average hit.

News Edit KV Raman