Rajesh Khanna played the lead role in Anand.
Rajesh Khanna is called Bollywood’s first superstar. The superstars of Hindi cinema, who are still crazy. Today, even though Rajesh Khanna is not in this world, he is still alive in the audience’s mind through his films. Although many of his films have achieved success, but there is one of his films that even today the tears of the audience get out. It is one of the most earning films of Rajesh Khanna. We are talking about ‘Anand’ released in 1971, which shook the audience. Dialogues of this film still do people to encourage each other. But, do you know Rajesh Khanna was not the first choice of the film’s director Rishikesh Mukherjee for this film.
Rajesh Khanna was not the first choice of Rishikesh Mukherjee for Anand
Rajesh Khanna was in the lead role in ‘Anand’ directed by Rishikesh Mukherjee and Amitabh Bachchan played the role of Dr. Bhaskar Banerjee in it. Apart from these, actresses like Sumita Sanyal, Lalita Pawar in the film had added to their acting. Rajesh Khanna’s stardom was at its peak in those days, but even after that Rishikesh Mukherjee wanted to take veteran actor Raj Kapoor in this film. However, Raj Kapoor’s illness and one of his vaims forced him to change his decision. After all, what was Rishikesh Mukherjee fear, let’s know.
Raj Kapoor was the first choice for Anand
Anu Kapoor shared this story related to ‘Anand’ in his show ‘Suhana Safar with Anu Kapoor’. He told in his show that Rishikesh Mukherjee and Raj Kapoor were very good friends, so Rishikesh Mukherjee wanted to take Raj Kapoor in his film. But, in those days, Raj Kapoor’s health was going bad and Rajesh Khanna also had to play the role of a sick person in the story of ‘Anand’.
Rishikesh Mukherjee sat strange
In the story of ‘Anand’, ‘Anand’ has a disease called lymphosarcoma, which is a kind of tumor. Seeing the deteriorating health of Raj Kapoor, Rishikesh Mukherjee sat in his mind that Raj Kapoor may not have an impact of its story and he should fall more ill. Due to this one thought, he changed the hero of his film. After removing Raj Kapoor’s name from his mind, he started looking for a new hero. Meanwhile, Rajesh Khanna himself came to him and said that he wants to work with him.
‘Anand’ was released on 12 March 1971
Rajesh Khanna had become a superstar in those days and this film was a low budget, so the director told him about it. However, Rajesh Khanna agreed to do this film even on low fees. On 12 March 1971, ‘Anand’ was released in theaters and the film received the response from the audience that Rishikesh Mukherjee did not even expect. The film earned a splash at the box office and the most important thing is that the best dialogues of this film still live on the tongue of people, which have beautiful messages of life.
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