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Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan News: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is hosting Kaun Banega Crorepati these days. In this show, he keeps sharing stories related to his personal and professional life. Recently he told that there came a time when he had decided to leave acting and he was thinking of driving an auto. But the film Zanjeer changed everything.

Zanjeer had changed Amitabh’s fate

Let us tell you that the then superstar Rajesh Khanna was being considered for the film Zanjeer. But writers Salim and Javed insisted on casting Amitabh Bachchan. Amitabh told that Zanjeer proved to be a turning point for his career. Rajesh Khanna was very popular at that time. His fans used to worship him. Girls used to apply mud from car tires on their foreheads. At that time he was a struggling actor and he did not expect that he would get that role but Salim-Javed chose him and his life changed.

Amitabh told that the film Bombay to Goa helped him in getting Zanjeer. Javed Akhtar noted that scene in the film where even after getting slapped by Shatrughan Sinha, Amitabh Bachchan remained calm and kept eating his sandwich. This moment convinced Javed Akhtar for Amitabh Bachchan.

Let us tell you that Amitabh and Rajesh have worked in films like Anand, Namak Haram. When Amitabh and Rajesh worked in the film Anand, it was the beginning of Amitabh’s career and Rajesh Khanna was a superstar.

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