Amitabh Bachchan was released from the hospital yesterday. A few days back when I read the news to my wife that he has been hospitalized, she warned me that she will cry if anything were to happen to him. Thankfully, he has recovered and hopefully he will continue to entertain millions of Indians as he has been for past 30 years. I bought a book containing random facts about the Big B (as he is called by the media) when I was regular in quizzing and it was always fun to read. A web search led to some more interesting tidbits about him.
- How would it have sounded if Amitabh was called 'Inquilab' which his father Harivanshrai was contemplating to call him?
- Did voiceover for Satyajit Ray's 'Shatranj ke Khiladi'
- 'Agneepath' won him his only Best Actor award
- In the beginning of his career All India Radio rejected him when he auditioned for an announcer position becasuse 'he did not have a good enough voice'!!
-Shatrughan Sinha was initially cast to play the role of Jai in Sholay
- Launched a music album (Aby Baby) with a lead song 'Ek rahein iir' which was influenced from one of his dialogues from the movie Adaalat
And here are some of his immortal dialogues:
"Hum jaha pe khade ho jaate hein, line wahin se shuru hoti hai." - Kalia
"Rishte me to hum tumhare baap lagte hain, naam hai Shahenshah." -Shahenshah
"Jiske seene mein dil hi nahin, usse dil ka daura kya padega?" - Coolie
"Hamare desh mein kaam dhoondna bhi ek kaam hai."-Shakti
"Jo mard hota hai, usey dard nahi hota."-Mard
"Tumhara naam kya hai, Basanti?"- Sholay
"Daaru peene se liver kharab ho jaata hai."-Satte pe Satta
Sunday, December 18, 2005
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4 comments:
hey jiju,
well good trivia abt amitabh..hope the stardust guy start writing some trivia than just gossip abt stars..well as far as tears are concerned..didi is adept at generating then whenevr she wishes to......tears are mightier than anything-ask her
Sorry to disappoint you the role was never offered to Shatrugan Sinha - however he was considered for Amitabh's role - since Shatru was a big star then he was dropped... Did you know that Dharmendra put in a good word for Amitabh ? did you know that Dharmendra wanted to play Sanjeev Kumar's role, but turned it down - reason : he didn't want Sanjeev to get Veeru's role and hook up with Hema Malini, a few months before the cast was put in place Sanjeev had proposed to Hema - Hema turned it down and Dharmendra knew about this ?
I have done reserach on Sholay for the past 20 years and have trivia that could fill an entire site...
Feel free to ask me any questions.. I will try and answer them...
Thanks
Chopra
Who was immortalized by three words in Sholay ? he had a heated discussion with he Sippy's after the premier of Sholay as the Censors cut most of his scenes....
Thanks Chopra. Not at all trying to dispute your vast knowledge on AB. I just followed what the websites told me and have referenced them too. Will love to know the answer of your question.
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