Amitabh Bachchan’s Famous Film Deewaar
We welcome you to a new episode of Amitabh Bachchan’s filmy journey, and today’s episode we talk about his very famous film Deewaar.
1975 released film Deewaar, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor in the lead roles. The release of Deewaar gave a boost to Amitabh Bachchan’s film career. It was around this time when Amitabh Bachchan was trying to find his footing in Bollywood. The script was written by Salim-Javed, and before this, Amitabh Bachchan had acted in another film named Zanjeer, written by the duo, which was a super hit film.
Amitabh Bachchan
“A Timeless Classic: Deewaar’s Story and Cast”
Deewaar was directed by Yash Chopra and was produced by Gulshan Rai. Both of them actually wanted to cast Rajesh Khanna for the role that Amitabh Bachchan played in the film. However, Salim Khan thought this role was a perfect fit for Amitabh Bachchan’s personality. Salim Javed pushed the director to cast Amitabh Bachchan for the film. They dropped Rajesh Khanna from the casting and replaced him with Amitabh Bachchan.
Deewaar
“Bollywood’s Iconic Masterpiece: Deewaar 1975”
Nirupa Roy’s role was going to be Vyjayanthimala, and Shashi Kapoor’s role was to be essayed by Navin Nischol, but when the final casting took place, the producer and director of the film changed it all. Besides Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, and Nirupa Roy, the other star cast for this film were dynamic and famous personalities like Parveen Babi, Neetu Singh, and Satyen Kappu. Manmohan Krishna, Madan Puri, Iftekar.
Shashi Kapoor
“Deewaar: A Film that Redefined Bollywood”
Amitabh Bachchan’s Story Of Deewaar Evergreen Movie
The story of Deewaar is the war between two brothers whose principles are very different. One is on the side of the law and wants to do things the right way; the other brother is who will break the law to prove his point. Both are right in their own way, but together they are enemies.
Amitabh Bachchan plays the brother who goes against the law, becomes a smuggler, takes the law into his hands, and kills his enemies. While the other brother is Shashi Kapoor, who is the police inspector who abides by the law and rises to become a top cop, Amitabh is no less; he becomes the top smuggler and is a rich man who owns cars, bungalows lot of money but has no peace of mind. While Shashi in the famous dialogue says he has nothing, he has the mother. He has the Maa.
Nirupa Roy
“Amitabh Bachchan’s Defining Role: Deewaar Legacy”
The Deewaar film starts with the life Vijay plays, and he sees a struggling mother. He and his mother have to face a lot of turmoil and hardships. To protect his mother one day, Amitabh Bachchan decides to run away from home to make big money, as he cannot bear to see the poverty in his home. He doesn’t care that in the eyes of the world he may be wrong; his only motive is to earn money and take care of the injustice by taking law into his hands.
Iftekar
The viewers liked Amitabh Bachchan’s powerful role in Deewaar. For the sake of his young brother, he gives up his studies to work for a living to make his brother a police inspector; the same police inspector sadly doesn’t hesitate to kill him in the police encounter as the wanted smuggler.
Best Film Awards
Deewaar received awards for best film for Gulshan Rai, best director for Yash Chopra, best supporting actor for Shashi Kapoor, best story and screenplay for Salim Javed, and best sound for MA Shaikh. But Amitabh Bachchan did not get the award for the best actor. The film became one of his most well-known super hits, with his role and dialogues remaining iconic to this day, etching themselves in the audience’s minds. He also got the title Angry Young Man that stayed on for years.
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