Viewers still like to watch Bollywood’s superhit film Sholay. It remains a favorite of the audience even today. The audience likes each and every character of the film very much. Be it the strong dialogues of Jai, Veeru and Basanti or the dialogues of Gabbar Singh, till date people are on their lips. When Gabbar Singh used to say to Sambha, ‘Kitne aadmi the’… The mother used to tell the children, ‘Sleep or else Gabbar will come’. The dialogue made Amjad Khan immortal. He is considered one of the most famous villains in the history of Hindi cinema, but do you know how Amjad Khan was chosen for the role? Javed Akhtar wanted someone else to replace him.

Amjad Khan was not the first choice to play Gabbar Singh

Famous writers of Hindi cinema Javed Akhtar and Salin Khan wrote the entire story of Sholay. The powerful dialogues of every character of this film are still on people’s lips. If reports are to be believed, Javed Akhtar’s first choice for the role of Gabbar Singh was Danny Denzongpa and he was also offered the role, but he turned down the offer. These days Danny was busy shooting for Feroz Khan’s film ‘Dharmatma’, due to which he could not work in ‘Sholay’. Later Amjad became immortal by playing this role. Amjad Khan died on 27 July 1992.

How Amjad Khan got selected

In an interview in the year 2020, Ramesh revealed why he chose Amjad for the role of ‘Gabbar Singh’. Ramesh Sippy saw Amjad Khan performing on stage. Ramesh felt that his personality and voice were perfect for the role of ‘Gabbar Singh’. He said, “I remember seeing one of his actions. His face, personality, voice everything seemed fine. We asked him to shave, dressed him, took pictures. He looked perfect in the character.”

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