Dharmendra have the idea of the acclaimed film Zanjeer; read on to know what happened that Big B got the role instead

‘Zanjeer’ was Dharmendra’s film, but Amitabh Bachchan was destined to star in it. ‘Zanjeer’ would not have happened for Amitabh Bachchan if it hadn’t been for Dharmendra.

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Dharmendra had the script for ‘Zanjeer,’ according to Prakash Mehra’s son Puneet. Who informed a news outlet about the exchange. After the success of his film ‘Samadhi,’ Dharamji showed Prakash Mehra the script for ‘Zanjeer.’ The director was so taken with the script that he asked Dharmendra to star in it. However, Dharmendra was unavailable for a year. Therefore Prakash Mehra purchased the script from him for Rs 3,500.

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As they say, the rest is history. The enraged young man appeared.

“My father used to claim that he is not Amitji’s Godfather. There were times when someone approached him and stated exactly that. He’d retort: “Talent just met talent, and magic was born,” he’d say “Puneet continued.

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