Amitabh Bachchan Reveals That He Wanted To Play Gabbar In SHOLAY
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Sunday, 16th Aug 2015, 12:03 PM IST On the 40th anniversary of ‘Sholay’, Amitabh Bachchan who played the role of Jai in the cult flick, revealed that he wanted to play the role of Gabbar in the film. "When I first heard the script of "Sholay" I told Salim-Javed (the scripwriters) 'I want to do the role of Gabbar'. But Ramesh Sippy (the director) decided to cast me as Jai," Bachchan said. Danny Denzongpa was signed for the role of Gabbar but due to date issues things did not work out and later Amjad Khan was finalised after his name was suggested by Salim-Javed. According to Big B, the audience connected well with the film as it had a well structured story, great dialogues and powerful performances by actors. He said "90 per cent of the work was done by Salim-Javed... they wrote a wonderful script. Then it was for us to perform." He further added, "The film took two-and-a-half years to make. But we had great time. It was like a family. We used to stay at a hotel which was a bit far away from the location so we used to come in car...there were times when we used to come with Dharamji (Dharamendra) in his car and play cards.” Now you can enjoy ad-free experience by downloading India’s first Box Office mobile app from here – Android: http://bit.ly/BOCapsuleMobileApp and iOS: http://bit.ly/BOCapsuleiOSApp |