Throughout his earlier look on Kaun Banega Crorepati, Anil Kapoor had revealed that regardless of being part of the star-studded ensemble, the viewers barely acknowledged his presence in Shakti. He portrayed the function of Amitabh Bachchan’s son within the movie.
Expressing his pleasure at taking up the half, Anil recalled, “My function was such that there was a scene to start with of the movie. After which there was a scene after Dilip Kumar shoots your character. Individuals would stroll in late to look at the movie so they’d miss my scene. And after you bought shot, folks would exit of the theatre.”
Anil shared a humorous anecdote about how the viewers would react on the time, “Arre ab kya movie dekhni? Amit ji, jisko dekhne aaye the, voh toh guzar gaye (Why ought to we watch the movie now? The person we got here to look at, Amitabh Bachchan, is useless now).”
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Curiously, earlier than Anil Kapoor got here on board, the script for Shekhar Kapur‘s Mr India was initially provided to Amitabh Bachchan by Salim-Javed. As revealed in Anita Padhye’s Marathi e-book “Yahi Rang, Yahi Roop,” Amitabh declined the half since he believed that the invisible-man idea would not resonate properly together with his followers, who got here to theaters particularly to see him.
Though Salim-Javed had been assured in Amitabh believing that his voice would work wonders for the movie, the actor had a distinct perspective.
Finally, Anil Kapoor rose to stardom together with his lead function in Shekhar Kapur’s Mr India within the late Eighties. Over time, Kapoor and Bachchan shared credit in numerous movies, together with particular appearances, but it surely was solely in Honey Irani’s 2005 movie Armaan that they each starred in feature-length roles.
