Not Amitabh Bachchan, but Deewar was first offered to Shatrughan Sinha; latter reveals he backed out due to “Clash of thoughts” : Bollywood News

From being a struggling actor to a superstar, Amitabh Bachchan has won the hearts of the audience with his performances in numerous films. However, there are a few films that a true Amitabh Bachchan fan can’t miss out on, and one of them is his 1975 release Deewar. While Zanjeer made him popular, it was the Angry Young Man in Deewar that further reinforced him as a Hindi cinema star. But how would you react if we tell you that not Amitabh Bachchan but Shatrughan Sinha was the first choice for Yash Chopra’s 1975 directorial?

Not Amitabh Bachchan, but Deewar was first offered to Shatrughan Sinha; latter reveals he backed out due to “Clash of thoughts”

Yes! Deewar was first offered to Shatrughan Sinha, and the veteran actor himself revealed this. It all happened during his conversation with Aaj Tak when he recalled returning the script of Deewar. He asserted, “I must have done about 250 films… There are certain films that I regret not being able to do. Like Deewar. It was written for me. They had approached me. The script was with me for about six months. There was a clash of thoughts between some people and I returned the script.”

He further added, “Similarly, with Sholay. I was supposed to do it; the role which my friend Amitabh Bachchan eventually did. Some people wanted me to play the role of Gabbar Singh. But that time I had passed the phase of playing a villain. I was a new, popular star doing several films. My friend and great filmmaker Ramesh Sippy was not able to tell me the exact dates he wanted from me. He would say, ‘Just come to Bangalore, we will work’. But I had so many films at that point of time.”

Signing off on a good note, the 76-year-old actor said, “The way I couldn’t do Sholay or Deewaar, there is a regret. You can call it human error. But there is also happiness, that these films gave national icon and national star Amitabh Bachchan such a solid platform. I am happy that he emerged as such an iconic actor of the country, my friend Amitabh Bachchan.”

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