In 1982, Raj Babbar was replaced by Amitabh Bachchan in the film Shakti. Yes and in the same year Raj Babbar got the role in the film Namak Halal, although later this role was given to Shashi Kapoor. Today is Raj Kapoor's birthday. Let us tell you that veteran actor and politician Raj Babbar turned 70 today. He did more than 200 films in a film career of more than 40 and many films went out of his hands. During an interview in the past, Raj Babbar had mentioned about the films in which he was finalized as the lead, but he was replaced at the last moment.
He gave this interview in the year 2016. During that time Raj Babbar had told that he was replaced by Amitabh in the 1982 film Shakti, which also starred his future wife Smita Patil. Not only this, he was also replaced by Shashi Kapoor in Namak Halal in the same year. You all must know that Smita also acted in both these films. At the same time, Raj Babbar had said about being replaced in the film Shakti. "It's true. I used to do plays in Delhi. Salim-Javed took me away. I had a screen test and it was shown to Dilip Kumar sahab who played Amitabh's father in the film. Ramesh Sippy was the director."
With this, Raj Babbar said, 'I was selected for the film. But I was dropped from the film." Asked if it was because the makers thought Amitabh would make more money. That's right, he was a star at that time and I was a completely new face.
At the same time, after this, Raj Babbar said on the question of being expelled from Namak Halal, 'He was replaced by Shashi Kapoor in Namak Halal. Accidents like this keep happening to me. Whatever I should have got, someone else used to snatch it. But I will not take it away. (These accidents) used to happen to me a lot. Whatever I wanted, someone would take away from me. Prakash Mehra had signed me for two films, one of them was Namak Halal. Well you know Smita Patil was Raj Babbar's second wife and she died shortly after giving birth to a son.
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