New Delhi. Rishi Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan have worked together in many iconic films like ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’ and ‘Naseeb’ but there was an unspoken tension between them which Rishi Kapoor mentioned in his autobiography ‘Khullam Khulla’. In his book, he acknowledged Big B’s resentment. Because roles were quickly created that suited Big B’s talent, while a romantic actor like him often had to make do with what he got.

In an excerpt, Rishi wrote, “I must admit that there was an unspeakable tension between Amitabh Bachchan and me at that time.” We never sat down to resolve the issue and fortunately the tension resolved itself. Only after we ” After playing Amar Akbar Anthony, we both became friends.

Big B made many actors useless
Rishi has written in his autobiography, “Amitabh Bachchan is a great actor.” In the early 1970s, he changed the trend of films. The action only begins with him. At that time he made many actors useless. I started making films at the age of 21. At that time, a student who was just going to college was the hero in films. The secret of my success is that I am passionate about my work. I believe only passion brings success.

“We were little stars, but we were no less artists”
He further wrote, “Directors and writers have always reserved their strongest and most important roles for Amitabh Bachchan and not just me, Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Dharmendra and Vinod Khanna too were exposed to it.” He was an action hero, an angry young man. Although we were minor stars, we were no less artists.

There was tension between Rishi Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan.

I never gave credit to the co-stars
“This is something Amitabh never accepted in any interview or book.” He never gave due credit to the stars who worked with him… Shashi Kapoor in Deewar (1975), Rishi Kapoor in Amar Akbar Anthony ” and “Coolie” or Vinod Khanna, Shatrughan Sinha and Dharmendra have all worked in his films. This is something that no one has recognized or accepted. But that was the situation and we accepted it graciously. Not because we considered ourselves inferior, but because the coin floated (it was the coin of that time). That can’t happen today.

“Maybe I was stupid”
Rishi has written in his autobiography, “I had good relations with Jeetendra, but there was tension in the relations between Amitabh and me.” I felt uncomfortable with them. He was 10 years older than me but I always called him Amitabh instead of Amit ji. Maybe I was an idiot. During the shooting of Kabhi Kabhie, neither I spoke to him nor he spoke to me. However, later everything became fine and our relations became very good. There is now a family relationship with him. His daughter Shweta is married to Nikhil, my sister Ritu Nanda’s son.

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