Amitabh Bachchan and Shakti Kapoor
There have been many villains in Bollywood films, one of them is Shakti Kapoor. This actor had such an image that it instilled fear in the minds of people. Be it Crime Mr. Gogo or Nandu, everyone’s friend. All the characters of Shakti Kapoor have been tremendous.
You must have seen Shakti Kapoor many times troubling the hero in the role of a villain. But Shakti Kapoor himself gets upset very quickly. Amitabh Bachchan, the megastar of the century, had done something to him that made him cry.
What did Amitabh Bachchan do that made Shakti cry?
It is about ‘Satte Pe Satta’ which came in the year 1982. Shakti Kapoor played the role of Mangal Anand in the picture. This action comedy film was directed by Raj N Sippy. Many stars including Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Amjad Khan, Ranjeeta, Shakti Kapoor worked in the film. Shakti Kapoor has shared an interesting anecdote from the film. When a joke by Amitabh Bachchan made Shakti Kapoor so sad that he cried.
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There is a song in the picture ‘Dukki Pe Dukki Ho’. All the actors were shooting for this song. Shakti Kapoor was to have the second dialogue in the song. In such a situation, Shakti Kapoor started waiting for his scene. While waiting, Shakti Kapoor noticed that Amitabh Bachchan had spoken his dialogue. In such a situation the actor got very scared.
Shakti Kapoor says- I thought that if Amitabh Bachchan is speaking my dialogue, my career will be over. I thought he is a star and can do anything. My dialogue was taken, so I reached the director. I told him, this is not right. Apart from me, the remaining 6 artists were sitting behind the bush. Everyone saw him crying and started clapping and saying, you were joking.”
Because of this I pranked Shakti Kapoor
Actually, when Amitabh Bachchan spoke Shakti Kapoor’s dialogue during the shooting of the song. The camera was not working then. Shakti Kapoor revealed that he was very serious about his scene, so everyone made fun of him. During this time, as soon as the real shooting started, Amitabh Bachchan asked the director to make Shakti Kapoor do this scene 3-4 times. He further said, do this otherwise he will die.
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