Rajesh Khanna's character became immortal in the film anand (1971). This film was made by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The pairing of Rajesh and amitabh bachchan was also liked a lot in the film. rajesh khanna was a superstar by that time and amitabh had started his career. Regarding this film, dharmendra had told that earlier there was talk of casting him for this film. But Hrishikesh Mukherjee then cast rajesh khanna and dharmendra got angry with this.
dharmendra was told the script
When dharmendra reached kapil sharma Show, he told how he was removed from the film Anand. dharmendra told- Hrishikesh Da told me the story of anand in the flight. While coming from Bangalore, he told me that we are going to do this and later I came to know that he has cast rajesh khanna for this role in the film.
dharmendra was very angry with Hrishikesh Mukherjee because of this. dharmendra called him in a drunken state. dharmendra said- I did not want Hrishikesh da to sleep the whole night. I told him that you were going to give this role to me, you had told me the story, then why did you give this film to Rajesh Khanna? He kept telling me that Dharam go to sleep, we will talk in the morning. He would disconnect the call and I would call him again and ask why did you give this role to him?
Worked together in these films
After dharmendra and Hrishikesh Mukherjee had a bad experience with anand, both of them moved on from it. They then worked together in Chupke Chupke and Guddi. Let us tell you that stars like amitabh bachchan, sumitra Sanyal, Ramesh Deo and seema Deo were also in important roles in Anand. The film performed well at the box office and gradually the film got the tag of a cult classic. Today this film is one of the top films of Bollywood.
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