When amitabh bachchan was banned by film magazines at the peak of his career, you will be surprised to know the reason.
Amitabh Bachchan: amitabh bachchan is called the Shahenshah of Bollywood but do you know that once film magazines had banned Big B? The reason for this will shock you.
Amitabh Bachchan Banned By Film Magazines
Amitabh Bachchan is the superstar of the century and he rules the hearts of fans. The Shahenshah of bollywood has given many great films in his career so far which fans like very much. However, at the peak of his career when almost all of Big B's films were proving to be superhits, the actor had to face a shocking situation during the Emergency of 1975. Some film magazines had banned amitabh Bachchan.
Why did film magazines ban Amitabh Bachchan
Film critic and writer Bharti S. Pradhan spoke about the incident in an interview with ANI and said, "Soon after the Emergency was lifted, some magazines got together and banned amitabh bachchan because they thought he and VC Shukla were a gang of Congresspeople and they were blue-penciling all the copies." Pradhan also revealed that the boycott led to a peculiar situation. Magazines started avoiding taking Big B's name. "If there was any filmography of hema malini and amitabh bachchan was her co-actor, they would just put a comma instead of his name because amitabh bachchan was banned, so you couldn't put his name in the magazine," Pradhan said. amitabh used to stand on the right or left in group photos Pradhan further said that the Sholay actor was well aware of this situation. He said, "If they were taking a group photo somewhere, once he (Amitabh Bachchan) knew that they were going to do this when there was a group photo, he would stand on the extreme right or the extreme left." Pradhan recalled, "He told me, 'Just to facilitate his cutting, I will stand on the extreme right or the extreme left.'"
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