Amitabh Bachchan has worked on more than one great film in his 5-decade film career. Among all those movies, ‘Deewaar’ directed by Yash Chopra has a different madness to it. This movie made Amitabh Bachchan a superstar overnight. Although very few fans will know that Big B was not the first choice for this classic film.
When Yash Chopra saw Deewaar’s script, he immediately agreed to do this movie. According to media reports, Yash Chopra wanted to cast Rajesh Khanna for the role of ‘Vijay Verma’ in this film. Previously, Yash Chopra had worked with Rajesh Khanna on ‘Daag’. For this reason, the director wanted to include Rajesh Khanna in the film.
Rajesh Khanna had a different charm in those days. Before there was a queue of filmmakers near Kaká. Therefore, Rajesh Khanna could not give dates to ‘Deewar’.
Salim-Javed suggested the name Amitabh Bachchan after Rajesh Khanna gave no dates for the film. Following this, Yash Chopra gave the role of ‘Vijay Verma’ in ‘Deewar’ to Amitabh. Everyone knows the story after this how this movie made Amitabh Bachchan a superstar overnight.
Aside from ‘Deewaar’ Amitabh Bachchan, stars like Shashi Kapoor, Parveen Babi, Neetu Singh and Nirupa Roy have shown their acting prowess. IMDb has given this movie a rating of 8.
