Filmmaker Ramesh Sippy revealed in his recent interview that Dharmendra wanted to play the role of Thakur or Gabbar Singh at the time of casting for Sholay.
In his interview, Ramesh Sippy opened up about various stories related to the film ‘Sholay’ and told how he prepared the script of the film and then cast the actors for the film.
It should be noted that the film Sholay was a blockbuster film of its time, in which famous artists like Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan, Hema Malini, Sanjeev Kumar and Amjad Khan showed their acting qualities.
The filmmaker said that he was offered two films simultaneously by the writers’ duo Saleem-Javed, one of which was ‘Majboor’ which had a complete script and the other was ‘Sholay’ which at that time was just finished. The idea of 4 lines was written.
According to the filmmaker, at that time he gave his consent for the film Maasur, but later left the film on the advice of his father and worked on the film Sholay and contacted Hema Malini and Dharmendra for casting and both were unhappy with their respective roles. were
He said that Hema Malini was somehow convinced, but Dharmendra demanded the role of Thakur or Gabbar Singh, on which I convinced him by saying that it is fine if you do the role of Thakur or Gabbar Singh, then you will not get Hemaji. Gay, to which Dharmendraji immediately agreed.
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