Gulzar recalls Amitabh and Rajesh felt betrayed by him in Namak Haraam
Gulzar recalls Amitabh and Rajesh felt betrayed by him in Namak Haraam
Veteran writer and lyricist Gulzar once recalled that Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh felt betrayed by him in the Hrishikesh Mukherjee directorial ‘Namak Haraam: ‘
Speaking to a news agency he went on to reveal on the death scene in the film..
Rajesh Khanna dies but Amitabh Bachchan wanted him to write the death scene.on him. But he had already written it for Rajesh Khanna who was already a superstar that time around.
In Yasser Usman’s biography Rajesh Khanna: The Untold Story of India’s First Superstar, the one revelation that stands out is about the 1973 film Namak Haraam.
that featured India’s first superstar RajeshKhanna. ‘n. In it, veteran writer Gulzar also made some revelations. In Hindi films, the one who dies is considered a hero, so both were keen on being heroic. It was only on the day of the shooting that Amitabh finally learnt the truth. He was crestfallen. He was so hurt that he didn’t speak to Hrishikesh namaste for several days. He felt he was betrayed by him.
Those days, Rajesh Khanns was fondly called Kaka used to be very angry with Amitabh Bachchan and used to tell his close friends that Hrishikesh Mukherjee is his favourite director, but Amitabh has filled his ears. Kaka used to say that amidst the entire shooting of Namak Haraam, Amitabh played dirty politics with him. Amidst his 20 years working with Kaka, he mever saw Amitabh visiting Aashirwaad, the abode of Rajesh Khanna.
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