Salim-Javed

Dharmendra On The Real Reason He Said No To Zanjeer

Zanjeer was the first of the seven films that Prakash Mehra and Amitabh Bachchan collaborated on.It changed a lot of lives. It turned around writers Salim-Javed’s , Amitabh Bachchan’s and Prakash Mehra’s careers. It redefined the screenplay for Hindi cinema. The comedy track was done away with, for once. The hero didn’t sing any song. He didn’t even smile in the film. At the time when Zanjeer was being planned all of what Salim-Javed thought to be USPs in their script proved to be stumbling blocks. Many heroes refused Zanjeer. Dharmendra was the first hero it went to. Dev A | Click Here...