Actor Dharmendra reacted to lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar’s statement that he was the first choice for the film, Zanjeer. said that it had been an ’emotional bounding for someone’ so he refused the film in the first place.

The very Successful and famous Writer, Lyricist, Poet #JavedAkhtar said that #Dharmendra, turned down the role, among other actors. In a talk with Ndtv and few other journalists. He said, “Amitabh Bachchan was actually the last choice for Zanjeer. The script was written for Dharmendra ji, but for some reason, he refused to work on it. Prakash Mehra (the director of the film) had a script, but no leading man. He went from actor to actor to offer the role. All of them refused the offer.”

It is said that Everybody including big stars of the era Devanand, Rajkumar, Sanjay Khan all of them refused to do the film. Javed Akhtar said, “Many actors had turned down the role as it had no ‘romance angle or comedy’ and that the lead actor was meant to be a serious person.”

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RUBY ZAIDI