Actor-filmmaker Amol Palekar, best known for his Boy Next Door role in 1970s Hindi cinema, spoke about working with the legendary Rajesh Khanna, and like many others, didn’t have kind words to say about him. After dominating the industry for over a decade, Khanna had a famous fall from grace. By many accounts, including his ex-wife Dimple Kapadia, he did not take it well. In an interview, Palekar suggested that his growing frustration with how Khanna’s career was deteriorating led him to Be rude to others on set. They worked together in the 1980 film Aanchal.
In an interview with The Lallantop, Palekar was asked about working with Khanna, and he said, “No actor, especially a superstar like Rajesh Khanna, should ignore his co-stars. There’s no need. You become a superstar. In our industry, they I like to say things like, ‘Oh, he ate the scene, he chewed up his co-star.’
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He continued, “I didn’t even have lines in our scenes, I didn’t raise my voice. And yet, he felt the need to show the world how superior he is to me. By insulting me, he’s not getting taller, is he? I kept thinking about it, but I At that moment I decided one thing. I would never do it to anyone else. Some actors go through such insecurities when they feel their time is up.
In the interview, he also alluded to an incident in the film where he was kicked by Khanna. According to a report by News18, Palekar apologized to Khanna’s character and refused to shoot a scene where his character would be humiliated on camera. Despite Palekar’s objections, Khanna and the director conspired to film the scene secretly. During the firing, Khanna kicked Palekar, injuring him.
There are many others who have worked with Khanna Talked about his growing egoHis habitual looseness, and his small comments about contemporaries like Amitabh Bachchan. He died in 2012.
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