But Rajesh suffered from a superiority complex. “There was basic courtesy between the two.
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He was whisked away even before the screening was complete,” shared Asrani.Īsrani was part of Hrishida’s Namak Haraam (1973), in which Rajesh was paired opposite Amitabh Bachchan. Presenting the video song 'Hum Nahi Sudhrenge', from the upcoming Bollywood movie 'Golmaal Again', starring Ajay Devgn, Parineeti Chopra, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Kunal Kemmu. When the song ‘Bindiya chamkegi.’ was played… there were whistles and coin throwing. It took him 40 minutes to reach the stage. There was lathi-charge… Everyone wanted to touch him. There was pandemonium as though ‘God’ had arrived. “There were swelling crowds outside and a full house inside. He was witness to the frenzy that Rajesh Khanna stirred at the premiere of Do Raaste (1969) at Metro cinema. Update your settings here to see it.Īsrani shared a good bond with Rajesh Khanna and went on to do around 25 films with the superstar from Bawarchi (1972), Namak Haraam (1973) to Ghar Parivaar (1991). This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. Hrishida meant to say, ‘You’re like a son to me’,” mentioned the actor in an interview. During his last days, when I visited him at the hospital, he wrote, ‘Asrani Mukherji’ on a piece of paper and gave it to me. Then on till Jurmana (1979), he included me in all his films. “Hrishida gave me money to travel first class from Pune to Mumbai for the shooting of Guddi. When she was told that Hrishida had come to meet her, she exclaimed ‘What! Hrishikaku?’ with the cup nearly slipping from her hands,” narrated Asrani.Īsrani also got a bit role in Guddi (1971) – that of a small-town boy, who aspires to become a hero but ends up as a crestfallen junior artiste. Jaya was in the canteen having tea with Anil Dhawan and Danny Denzongpa. She had done Mahanagar (1963) with Satyajit Ray.
The time when Hrishikesh Mukherjee came looking for his Guddi at the FTII is vivid in memory.