Did You Know Rishi Kapoor Once Denied Working With Big B & Their Cold War Went On For 3 Years?

Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor was born on 4th September 1952 and served in the entertainment industry for over five decades. The heartthrob of millions passed away in the year 2020. On his 71st birth anniversary, we recall how Rishi¡¯s debut in showbiz made him lock horns with megastar Amitabh Bachchan.

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There is not just one incident but many where Rishi had spoken upsetting things against Big B.

It all started with Rishi buying the ¡®Best Actor¡¯ award for his debut film Bobby which left Amitabh fuming. The reason was that the same year Big B¡¯s iconic film Zanjeer had taken over the theatres by storm. Talking about the start of the rift between the duo, Rishi admitted everything in his memoir - Khullam Khulla.

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Kapoor revealed, ¡°I think that Amitabh was sulking because I had won the Best Actor award for Bobby. I am sure he felt the award was rightfully his for Zanjeer, which was released the same year. I am ashamed to say it, but I actually ¡®bought¡¯ that award. I was so na?ve. There was this PR, Taraknath Gandhi, who said to me, ¡®Sir, tees hazaar de do, toh aap ko main award dila doonga.¡±

In his memoir, Rishi revealed that he refused to work with Big B because he never gave credit to his co-stars.

Kapoor wrote, ¡°He was an action hero, the angry young man. So roles were written for him. Although we may have been smaller stars, we were not lesser actors. Yet, the rest of us had to constantly measure up to him. We had to work hard, really exert ourselves to match up. As such, writers gave him the lion¡¯s share and he had the author-backed roles in almost all his films.¡±

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¡°This gave him an advantage over the rest of us who had to make our presence felt with whatever we got. But this is something that Amitabh has never ever admitted to, in any interview or book. He has never given due credit to the actors who have worked with him. He has always credited his writers and directors, Salim-Javed, Manmohan Desai, Prakash Mehra, Yash Chopra and Ramesh Sippy.¡±

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After sharing screens in films like Kabhi Kabhie (1976), Amar Akbar Anthony (1977), Naseeb (1981), Coolie (1983) and Ajooba (1991), the duo returned together after 27 years for the 2018 film 102 Not Out.

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