How Raj Kapoor's illness inspired Hrishikesh Mukherjee to make 'Anand'
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How Raj Kapoor's illness inspired Hrishikesh Mukherjee to make 'Anand'

India Today  

Filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee's 1971 film 'Anand', starring Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan, is a classic Hindi film. In a 1998 interview with Rediff, Mukherjee called 'Anand' a biographical film as he shared, "I got the idea to make this film after I became friends with Raj Kapoor. Though the film was titled 'Anand', for Mukherjee, Rajesh Khanna, whom he fondly called 'Pintu Baba', was not the lead actor of his film. Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Anand.

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Dharmendra Got Drunk, Called Hrishikesh Mukherjee On Being Replaced With Rajesh Khanna In Anand: 'Why Did You?'
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Dharmendra Got Drunk, Called Hrishikesh Mukherjee On Being Replaced With Rajesh Khanna In Anand: 'Why Did You?'

News 18  

Rajesh Khanna may have made Anand an unforgettable icon in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s 1971 classic, but did you know he wasn’t the first choice for the role? But in a shocking turn of events, Hrishikesh Mukherjee switched gears and handed the role to Rajesh Khanna instead, leaving Dharmendra feeling furious and betrayed. Recently, historian Dilip Thakur revealed to ETimes that, despite …

Why Amitabh Bachchan-Tinnu Anand fought on Kaalia: 'No one spoke to him like that, everyone was shocked'
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Why Amitabh Bachchan-Tinnu Anand fought on Kaalia: 'No one spoke to him like that, everyone was shocked'

Hindustan Times  

Actor-filmmaker Tinnu Anand has revealed how working on a film as a director is not the easiest job. In a recent interview with a leading daily, Tinnu has revealed how he would often get into an argument with Amitabh Bachchan whenever they would work together. I told him I wanted a dialogue that would fetch claps from the audience and …

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