Bollywood Kiss: Every artist wishes to work with Amitabh Bachchan, the legendary actor of Hindi cinema, who has a special identity among his fans with names like ‘Mahanayaka of the Century’, ‘Shahenshah of Bollywood’, ‘Angry Young Man’ and ‘Big B’. Dream happens. However, a veteran actress was not ready to work with Big B.
Even today, every artist wants to work with Amitabh Bachchan, but there was a beauty in Hindi cinema with whom even Big B was eager to work. Big B had an idea that the actress would not work with him, then Amitabh Bachchan did something which even the actress would not have thought of.
Sridevi was not ready to work with Big B
The actress we are talking about here is the veteran and late actress Sridevi. Who is also called the first female superstar of Hindi cinema. Sridevi was not ready to work with Big B in the film ‘Khuda Gawah’. However, Big came up with a trick which made Sridevi agree. The story we are telling you is mentioned in the book ‘Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess’.
Amitabh sent a truck full of roses for Sridevi
The incident was also mentioned by late choreographer Saroj Khan quoting the book Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess. Let us tell you that Saroj Khan had choreographed Sridevi and Amitabh Bachchan in the 1992 film ‘Khuda Gawah’.
Saroj Khan had told that to convince Sridevi, Amitabh Bachchan had sent a truck full of roses. After this the truck was rained on Sridevi. But despite it raining roses, Sridevi did not agree. She then placed a condition before the makers that she would play the roles of both mother and daughter in ‘Khuda Gawah’. The makers had accepted this statement of Sridevi and the pairing of Amitabh Bachchan and Sridevi was seen in Khuda Gawah. Famous actor Nagarjuna was also a part of the film. ‘Khuda Gawah’ was directed by Mukul Anand. Whereas its producer was Manoj Desai.
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