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Zanjeer eventually came to Amitabh Bachchan and revived his career, as he had endured around 11 flops prior to Zanjeer and was planning to quit films ...

He had already decided to leave the industry and go.” Salim Khan revealed that he had to get Jaya Bachchan on board, who was at the time a top star, in order to fuel the saleability of the film. Ultimately, I suggested to take Jaya Bachchan for the film, and she would do it for him. Zanjeer was the first from the screen-writing duo of Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, who had changed the scope of Indian cinema with the scripts for the 70s before they split in the 80s.

In conversation with Arbaaz Khan, Salim Khan recalled the time when Amitabh Bachchan's career was saved by Jaya Bachchan. Read on!

Ultimately, I suggested to take Jaya Bachchan for the film, and she would do it for him. I told her the story, and she said ‘there’s nothing for me to do…’ I said there’s nothing much here, but this is for Amitabh Bachchan and this would be explosive for his career.” And it was he who suggested Jaya Bachchan to play opposite Big B as other actresses would have bailed on him. I asked Dilip Kumar later which film he regretted not doing, and he said it was Zanjeer.” But Dilip rejected the film as he thought he won’t have proper space to showcase his performance, and on the other hand, Dev Anand turned it down because the lead had no songs in the film. However, then Zanjeer came down to Amitabh Bachchan, and it became a cult classic in Bollywood.

In a recent interview, Salim Khan revealed how Amitabh Bachchan delivered 11 back-to-back flops, and his wife, Jaya Bachchan finally saved his career.

For the unversed, the film, Zanjeer was the first film written by the legendary screenwriter duo, Salim Khan-Javed Akhtar, and it changed the spectrum of films in Bollywood. I told her the story, and she said ‘there’s nothing for me to do…’ I said there’s nothing much here, but this is for Amitabh Bachchan and this would be explosive for his career.” Ultimately, I suggested to take Jaya Bachchan for the film, and she would do it for him. Talking about the same, Salim Khan called it a matter of fate as the popular actors, Dharmendra, Dev Anand and Dilip Kumar turned down the film, and the script finally landed in the hands of Amitabh Bachchan. However, even though Big B was a new actor back then, Salim believed in him and suggested that Jaya Bachchan should play opposite him as other actresses bailed on him. Further in the interview, Salim Khan mentioned how Amitabh Bachchan thought of quitting Bollywood because he delivered 11 flop films back-to-back.

Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan recently revealed that Zanjeer director wasn't keen on casting Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role. They had to get Jaya.

Celebrated screenwriter Salim Khan says he was hesitant to cast Amitabh Bachchan for the 1973 action crime film Zanjeer because the actor had suffered over ...

The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). Zanjeer today is one of Bollywood’s most iconic hits that carved the archetype of ‘the angry young man’, and Amitabh Bachchan became synonymous with the phrase, as he fought the common man’s battle against the corrupt system. The screenwriter recalls that before the movie, Bachchan had endured nearly 11 failed movies, and was planning to quit movies forever. Oftentimes, films flop simply because they are bad films, but everyone tends to lay the blame on actors, he said. Salim Khan thinks it was fated for Bachchan to get this role. Talking about Bachchan’s impression while working for the first time, Khan said that he was young and new, and although his films had failed, he was a good actor with a striking voice and personality.

Salim Khan recalls the day Jaya Bachchan helped preserve Amitabh Bachchan's career during a talk with Arbaaz Khan.

Ultimately, I suggested to take Jaya Bachchan for the film, and she would do it for him. Because the dialogue was already written in the script, he claimed that it was a matter of fate. Nevertheless, Dev Anand passed on the project since the lead had no songs in it, and Dilip turned it down because he felt he wouldn’t have enough room to display his talent.

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