Aug 21, 2024, 04:45 PM IST

Bollywood actors who rejected Amitabh Bachchan's Zanjeer

Riya Sharma

Zanjeer turned out to be a turning point for Amitabh Bachchan's career

Not only this, Zanjeer also made Salim-Javed stars and established writers in Bollywood

However, do you know that the film was rejected by several superstars?

Dev Anand rejected Zanjeer because it didn't have any songs

The script of Zanjeer was written for Dharmendra, but for some reason he rejected it

Rajesh Khanna also rejected Zanjeer because it didn't have any romantic or comedy angle

Jaya Bachchan also initially refused the film as it was male-eccentric, but later did it for Amitabh Bachchan

Mumtaz quit Zanjeer after Amitabh Bachchan was finalised and chose marriage over films

Dilip Kumar rejected the film as he thought the lead character of Inspector Vijay Khanna did not offer scope for performance.

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