This Bollywood actor gave a tough fight to Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra during their prime in Hindi cinema. Despite playing villain roles in Hindi cinema.
It’s always an actor’s dream to become a hero in a film, very few actors enjoy playing a villain’s role in movies. While some aspire to become heroes in a film, others are given negative roles. Today we are talking about an actor who dreamt of becoming a hero instead he became a villain. Read on to find more details.
This actor wanted to be a hero, was offered a villain role due to…
This Bollywood actor gave a tough fight to Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra during their prime in Hindi cinema. However, this actor’s journey in the film industry was never easy. Still couldn’t guess who he was.? It’s none other than Shatrughan Sinha. He came to Mumbai dreaming of becoming a hero instead he was forced to become a villain in films. A cut on his face never allowed him to be cast in any hero role during his early days in Hindi cinema.
Shatrughan Sinha turns celebrates his 78th birthday today. But did you know during his early days Shatrughan Sinha was fed up with rejections and decided to do something about the scar on his face which never allowed him to become a hero? However, after meeting Dev Anand his perspective was entirely changed.
From villain to hero: Shatrughan Singha’s timeline in Hindi cinema
When the veteran actor first came to Mumbai just like any other actor he dreamt of becoming a hero one day. But Dev Anand told him that the scar on his face was not his weakness but it was his strength. Initially, Shatrughan was offered a small role in Dev Anand’s film Prem Pujari. After this, he played villain characters in multiple films like ‘Pyaar Hi Pyaar’, Rampur Ka Lakshman’, ‘Bhai Ho To Aisa’, and ‘And Heera’.
Over some time, Shatrughan’s acting impressed filmmakers and producers. He gradually got offers to play the lead role instead of playing the antagonist. However, the irony of Shatrughan was that the majority of his films where he played a hero were box office disasters from 1970-1975. It was the 1975 film ‘Kalicharan’saw Shatrughan Sinha’s first successful film as a lead actor. After doing films like ‘Ab Kya Hoga’, ‘Khan Dost’, ‘Yaaron Ka Yaar’, and ‘And Dillagi’, the actor’s name was included in the list of the most successful actors of the 1980s.
Shatrughan Sinha regrets turning down these 2 films of…
Shatrughan Sinha grew his popularity and won the hearts of the audience with his most popular dialogue ‘Khamosh’. He made a name in Hindi cinema surpassing the popularity of Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan. However, he still regrets turning down the film which was later offered to star actors.
For the unversed, Shatrughan Sinha mentioned many times that he was offered two iconic films of Amitabh Bachchan ‘Deewar’ and ‘Sholay’. He still regrets not doing the film due to his busy schedule during his prime. However, he was happy for Amitabh Bachchan to do this film which made him a big star in the Hindi film industry.