Mr. India was originally designed for Amitabh Bachchan before the separation of Salim-Javed, Javed Akhtar reveals: “ I developed it completely by myself '| Bollywood News
It's hard to imagine Mr. India without Anil KapoorBut the veteran scriptwriter Javed Akhtar recently revealed that he was not the first choice for the role. In a recent interview with Mid Day India, Javed revealed that the original inspiration behind the film came from none other than Amitabh Bachchan, known for his baritone.
Recalling how the idea was triggered, he said that during a film muhurate (Launch), this had to be done by Amicitabh Bachchan, the actor was not available in person. It was therefore decided that his voice would be played at muhurate. “He had to do Mahurat, and for any reason, they recorded the voice of Amitabh and played him during the muhurate shot. So, that gave me an idea – if that voice is so popular, so effective, why can't we make the invisible man with him? We would not have to take its dates too. Most of the time, we could shoot and he nicknamed his voice later … This is how the idea started, “he shared.
He also recalled how he wanted to weave in the emotional corner of a child, believing that children would be fascinated by the idea of ​​an invisible man. However, the idea stopped after his professional separation with the longtime writing partner Salim Khan.
Back to the development of Mr. India, Javed recalled that he wrote history, the scenario and the dialogue by himself – but at the start, there were no takers. “I developed it completely by myself, I wrote the script, the dialogue. People were like: “Arey Invisible Man … Arey Ye Effect … Yeh Iss Tarah Ki Films Thodi Chalti Hai… It's a gadget … Woh Thodi struck Hati Hai… Pehli Bani Mr. X, Ashok Kumar was the hero … then Mr. X in Bombay … Itna Badi struck Nahi Hati Aisi's films.“” (People said: “Oh, invisible man … These kinds of effects … These kinds of films are not generally working, it's a gadget … They become a little popular, that's all … There was Mr. X with Ashok Kumar, then Mr. X in Bombay, films like these have never become great successes).
However, things have changed When producer Boney Kapoor came on board. According to Javed, Boney liked the concept and wanted to use it to launch his younger brother Anil Kapoor alongside a renowned actress – who finally made the film take off.
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Javed said that many thought that the reason for his split with Salim Khan was his proximity to Amicitabh Bachchan, but that was not the case, which is why he remained away from working with Big B for the next decade. “Many people thought, because I was very friendly with Amitabh Bachchan, because I was closer to him, so I separated because of that. So, for the next ten years, I did not make any film with Amicitabh Bachchan. I had a few offers, but I didn't take them because I didn't want this label on me that I broke this partnership because of support, “he said.
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In the book entitled “Written by Salim-Javed: The Story of Hindi Cinema's Greatest Screamwriters” by Diptakirti Chaudhuri, This incident is revisited in detail. According to the author, Salim Khan gave a long interview to journalist Anita Padhye for her book Marathi “Yahi Rang, Yahi Roop” where he talked about the same thing. He shared that the director's duo presented this idea to Amitabh, but Sholay's actor did not hold it. Apparently Bachchan thought that the invisible-man concept would not work while his fans came to the rooms to see him. Writers thought that Bachchan's voice would be the star star, and according to him, it sparked the end of their writing partnership.
