92 stories, surprising details, and memorable moments from the film collection.
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Amitabh's first movie which also won him his first National Film Award for Best Newcomer. During those days he used to stay with Mahmood's family. He has mentioned in his blog that since the movie was made on a very tight budget all the stars used to have food from their own money.
He was there in just one fleeting shot as one of the mourners in the funeral scene.
He played his first negative role as an infatuated lover-turned-murderer in this movie.
The character of Anand was inspired by Raj Kapoor, who used to call Hrishikesh Mukherjee as "Babu Moshay". It is believed that Mukherjee wrote the film when Raj Kapoor was seriously ill and he thought that he may die. The film is dedicated to "Raj Kapoor and the people of Bombay". Bachchan won Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for his performance.
The song "Bole Re Papihara" was listed at #21 on Binaca Geetmala annual list 1972.
Bachchan's only movie with Mala Sinha.
Reshma Aur Shera was well received by the critics internationally and was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival. Bachchan known for his baritone, ironically played a mute in this film.
It is a remake of Raja Thakur's Marathi film Mumbaicha Javai. It portrays the difficulties of life in India's biggest city during the 70s in the form of a comic family drama.
Mehmood first offered the role of Ravi Kumar to Rajiv Gandhi.
This was Bachchan's first movie where he did dual roles.
The movie changed the trend from romantic films to action films and pioneered Amitabh's new image of a brooding but explosive person the "Angry Young Man" who fights back when cornered.
The only film to feature Amitabh with Jeetendra.
According to author Raju Bharatan, Hrishikesh Mukherjee based the film's story on the life of singer Kishore Kumar and his first wife, Ruma Ghosh.
It is said that after watching the trial show Rajesh Khanna predicted that Amitabh will be the next superstar! He won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for his performance.
He did the guest appearance for his friend Mehmood.
Jaya Bhaduri was pregnant during the making of the film. Most of her shots have been taken very carefully, as to avoid her profile view.
It was one of a few films which established Bachchan as the "angry young man." Indiatimes ranks Deewaar amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films
When first released, Sholay opened to a cold response, but as word-of-mouth spread, it became a box office phenomenon. It ran for 286 weeks straight (more than five years) in a theatre in Mumbai and achieved a still-standing record of 60 golden jubilees (50 consecutive weeks) across India. It is the first film in the history of Indian cinema to celebrate a silver jubilee (25 weeks) in over a hundred theaters across India. It is the highest grossing film of all time in Indian cinema.