In a recent interaction, Shatrughan Sinha opened up about his famous fight with Amitabh Bachchan and shared some deets about the same.
Veeran actors, Amitabh Bachchan and Shatrughan Sinha ruled the silver screen in the 1970s. They worked in many films together, including Parwana, Dostana, Yaar Meri Zindagi, Naseeb, Kaala Patthar, Shaan, and others. While Amitabh Bachchan and Shatrughan Sinha's brotherhood was breaking box-office records with their performances on-screen, the two weren't even good friends in real life. Reportedly, they had some unknown misunderstandings between them.
Shatrughan Sinha often talks about his feud with his once-friend, Amitabh Bachchan. Recently, in an interview with Zoom, he recalled how their cold war began on the set of Yash Chopra’s 1979 film, Kala Patthar. He shared that there was a fight sequence between him and Big B in the movie, which was altered in favour of the latter, which did not go down well with him. Shatrughan said:
“It was not intentional. We were shooting amicably. There was a fight scene between me and Amitabh which had choreographed by fight master Shetty. While fighting, at one point, my dupe falls and his dupe puts a spade on my dupe’s neck. I was watching all of it while sitting in a corner because I don’t interfere in a film’s shooting.”
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Shatrughan Sinha added that though he and Amitabh had been friends since their struggle days, there was a bit of a disagreement between them. He added that whether it was due to romance or thrill, something happened at that time which impacted their bond. He was quoted as saying:
“We have been friends since our struggle days. But in those days, ab romanch ka chakkar raha ho ya romance ka chakkar raha ho, uss samay kuch hua... I told them this was not in the script but Amitabh’s team approved of the scene.”
Recalling the same, Shatrughan stated that he was informed by the director a day before the shoot that he and Amitabh would be indulged in a fight scene, which would be an equal fight. However, when the actor had reached the sets the next day. He was informed that the sequence had been transformed, and now only Amitabh would beat him. Standing up for himself, the veteran actor said:
“I told them, ‘Ye toh baat hui nahi thi. What if Shashi Kapoor takes longer to come to stop the fight, my character will be killed, then what is the point of him returning after the interval?' Ab isko siddhant bole ya arrogance bole..aur vo defeat na hone vala character toh defeat ho gaya yahan pe."
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Shatrughan further revealed that the shooting was stalled for 4-6 hours and a few people didn’t like it. However, he was so adamant about the same that he forced the director to change the scene. Recalling the same, the actor said:
"Ispe 4-6 ghanta shoot stall hua, kuch logon ko pasand nahi aayi ye baat. Ultimately, they changed it, and the decision about who is stronger between us could not be made, which was happening in the earlier scenario.”
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