When Shatrughan Sinha said Rekha, Zeenat Aman contributed to his rift with Amitabh Bachchan

Sinha shared with the ebook’s writer Bharati S Pradhan that the Sholay star and he weren’t on the most effective of phrases. “The issue was the applause I used to be getting for my performances. Amitabh may see the response I used to be getting. That’s why he didn’t need me in a few of his movies,” he stated.

He recalled that in Kaala Patthar, which was one of many pivotal movies of their careers on the time, there was loads of stress between them. “On the units of Kaala Patthar, the chair subsequent to Amitabh wouldn’t be provided to me, nor would his umbrella be ever skilled to cowl any of us. We’d be heading from the situation in the direction of the identical lodge however he’d sit in his automobile and by no means say, ‘Let’s go collectively.’ I discovered all of it very unusual and puzzled why this was occurring as a result of I by no means had any complaints towards him,” he stated.

Amitabh Bachchan and Shatrughan Sinha’s characters had been pitched towards one another in Kaala Patthar.

He additionally opened up a couple of combat scene that was modified dramatically. Whereas Sinha was earlier informed that it could be an equal combat between the 2 Dostana stars, the scene was modified whereas filming. Shatrughan stated that Amitabh was “beating the hell out of” him till Shashi Kapoor’s character separated them. The Kalicharan star put his foot down and this halted the shoot for 3-4 hours, which irked Bachchan much more.

“Folks say that Amitabh and I made a dynamic pair on display but when he didn’t want to work with me, if he felt that in Naseeb, Shaan, Dostana or Kaala Patthar Shatrughan Sinha bhari pad gaya (having Sinha round labored towards him), it didn’t have an effect on me. There have been so many movies that I dropped out of and returned the signing quantity. There was a movie known as Patthar Ke Log – one among Prakash Mehra’s – written by Salim-Javed…so many movies that I gave up with no backward look due to Amitabh Bachchan,” he stated.

Speaking about their rift, Sinha additionally shared that, “Folks say that Zeenat Aman or Rekha additionally contributed somewhat to the rift.” He added, “Throughout Kaala Patthar, a heroine who was identified to be very pleasant with him, would go to him. She would come throughout Dostana additionally however not as soon as would he convey her out and introduce her to any of us. In showbiz, all people knew who was visiting whom. The media would instantly know if Reena was in my make-up room. Such issues can by no means be hidden in our world.”

However over time, Shatrughan Sinha and Amitabh Bachchan appeared to have made up as Bachchan was current on the launch of Sinha’s biography in 2016.