Tag: Zanjeer News
Amitabh Bachchan gets emotional on losing a friend; reveals, “Dharamji got me Sholay,”
Throwback: When Asrani recalled ‘palpable tension’ between Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan on Namak Haraam sets: “Rajesh Khanna never accepted his downfall…”
From K3G to Zanjeer: 5 Bollywood films that used Diwali as a turning point
Amitabh Bachchan turns 83: From K.A. Abbas, Manmohan Desai, to Jaya Bhaduri, take a look at the guiding hands behind the legend
Gautam Adani gives powerful speech at Subhash Ghai’s Whistling Woods International: “Don, Zanjeer provoked restless dreamer within me…through Top Gun, America shaped perceptions, projected power”; SLAMS Slumdog Millionaire: “It showed Dharavi’s poverty for Western applause”
Guru Dutt Film Festival: “This role belongs to YOU!” – Guru Dutt was willing to SCRAP 7 reels of Pyaasa for Dilip Kumar; Javed Akhtar CONFESSES, “Dilip saab once told me that he REGRETTED turning down Pyaasa, Baiju Bawra, Zanjeer…”
Amul pays tribute to writers Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar after the success of their docuseries Angry Young Men
Angry Young Men: Jaya Bachchan had reservations about signing ‘male-centric’ Zanjeer; Salim-Javed open up on putting their names on posters: “Songwriter writes one page and gets mentioned but not the writer who wrote the entire script”
From Bade Miyan Chote Miyan to Ittefaq: When old titles were used for new films
Trivia Tunes: From Anandji editing Zanjeer to Anu Malik turning composer at 17, here is some unheard musical trivia from Bollywood
Apoorva Lakhia reveals changing dynamics with Ram Charan after Zanjeer debacle; says, “He doesn’t answer my calls now”
