![]() I remember the next day, Balaji (a South producer) offered me Amar Deep (1958) out of the blue. It was because success hit me so much that I couldn’t take the failure. Dimple (Kapadia) and my staff came running, thinking that I had gone insane. I yelled out, Parvardigar, hum gareebon ka itna sakht imtihaan na le ki hum tere vajood ko inkar kar de,’ (Don’t test my patience to such an extent that I question your existence.). It was raining, pitch dark and up there alone on my terrace, I lost control. One after another, seven films had flopped in a row. I remember that once at three in the morning, I was pretty high on spirits and, suddenly, it was too much for me to stomach because it was my first taste of failure. You are not Jesus Christ and I am not Mahatma Gandhi. I am very surprised, Amit, that success and failure leave you untouched. And there was just one echo of the voices – ‘Haaaaa’ You know, it was like a stadium from the time of the Romans. One couldn’t see anything but heads bobbing down the whole road, which was almost 10 miles long. And I remember because Andaz ka premiere tha wahan. It psyches you totally - or you are not human? It was just after Andaaz (1971), at a lottery draw held at the Vidhan Sabha in Bangalore…ĪB: We were working together, in fact, when you had gone there. RK: I felt next to God! I still remember the exact moment when, for the first time, I became aware of how mind-blowing success can be. What about you, Rajesh? What did success do to you? Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan in a still from Anand I felt that my success was more dependent upon the script, directors and co-stars. Did it affect you?ĪB: No, it didn’t affect me at all. And I use the term superstardom because that’s what the masses, the press, as well as film-makers use. ![]() RK: How did you feel when you became a superstar with Namak Haraam and Deewaar (1975)? The reason I am asking you is because once, I was also at the top. However, I think it was important for a person like Hrishida (Hrishikesh Mukherjee) to come up with something, because - with all due respect to Rajesh -I think Hrishida really scripted stories which suited our personalities. It would have been a hattrick!ĪB: Yes, I agree. Rajesh Khanna: I wish we had done a third film. What kept you apart? Why did you not team up after Anand (1971) and Namak Haraam?Īmitabh Bachchan: Who’s going to talk first? I think after Namak Haraam, the only semblance of an offer was made by Goldie Saab (Vijay Anand) when he wanted to make Rajput (1982). Reproduced below is an excerpt from the joint interview from the May 1990 issue of Movie magazine. The two titans interacted famously, recalling shared experiences, even while expressing a difference of opinions. The tension was palpable till Khanna broke the ice with some whisky and warmth. Seventeen years after working together in Namak Haraam (1973), superstars Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan came together for an interview. ![]()
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