Amitabh Bachchan gets Jai’s role in Sholay due to Dharmendra

Last updated:January 29, 2025, 21:46 IST

In the year 1975, the all -time blockbuster film ‘Sholay’ with a tremendous pair of Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra was knocked in theaters. The friendship of both of them was very much liked in the film. But very few people know that …Read more

This actor has done many films with Amitabh.

New DelhiIn 1975, ‘Sholay’ created panic as soon as it was released. The film also broke many records of earnings at the box office. Even today, this film is included in the list of people’s favorite movies. In the film, the pair of Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan set an example.

‘Sholay’ is a film that people like to watch even after years. People do not get tired of giving examples of Jai and Veeru’s friendship in the film. But do you know that Jai’s character was offered to Shatrughan Sinha before Amitabh Bachchan. This was revealed by Dharmendra himself.

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Amitabh Bachchan himself revealed in one of his interviews that it was because of Dharmendra that he got a chance to work in this all time blockbuster film. However, when Dharmendra was asked about this, he told the truth to get Amitabh to get this role. Dharmendra spoke openly about Sholay in AAP’s court and told that it was because of him that Amitabh Bachchan got the role of Jai in the film,

Amitabh is thankful to Dharmendra
Dharmendra said on the show and said that I never talk about me that Amit became a part of this film. But now when Amitabh has revealed this, I tell that this is true. He used to thank me for this. But I never tell anyone that I got that role. They used to come to me, otherwise Shatrughan Sinha would be finalized for this role. But when Amitabh came first, he was offered this role.

Please tell that Shatrughan Sinha himself also reacted on the fact that he was busy at that time and could not do it. However, this was my wrong decision. But I was more happy than that I am unable to do Sholay, my friend Amitabh Bachchan got a big break in this film.