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Late Actor Rishi Kapoor's SHOCKING Encounter With Javed Akhtar's DRUNKEN VOW To QUIT WRITING Forever If Sholay Didn't...! (Details Inside)

Rishi Kapoor in his biography talked about a strange time he met Javed Akhtar, who, while drunk, made a risky promise.

BollywoodMDB Team | Updated On: Jun 23, 2023 08:33 PM IST

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Late Actor Rishi Kapoor's SHOCKING Encounter With Javed Akhtar's DRUNKEN VOW To QUIT WRITING Forever If Sholay Didn't...! (Details Inside)

In his book, the late actor Rishi Kapoor wrote about meeting Javed Akhtar for the first time at a pub in Bengaluru. It was an interesting story. Rishi Kapoor was a famous actor from the famous Kapoor family. He had become very known in the movie business and had a lot of fans. After the success of 'Bobby' in Mumbai, he went to Bengaluru to release another movie. By chance, the crew of the hit movie 'Sholay' was staying at the same hotel where he was going.

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When Rishi Kapoor got to the hotel, he saw a strange man sitting at the bar who seemed to look down on him. He was confused and didn't know what the man wanted from him. At last, the man walked up to him and told him his name was Javed Akhtar. At that time, Javed Akhtar and Salim Khan, who wrote with him, had not yet hit the top of their fields. Rishi Kapoor liked their work in films like 'Zanjeer' and 'Yaadon Ki Baaraat,' but he didn't think they were amazing.

Rishi Kapoor's movie 'Bobby' did well, so Javed Akhtar praised him on it and then they talked about their own successes in Bollywood. In 1975, Javed Akhtar told Rishi Kapoor in a bold way that they would make a movie '(Sholay)' that would do better than 'Bobby,' and if it didn't, he would stop writing for good. In his book, Rishi Kapoor said that Javed Akhtar was very drunk but very sure of himself. He thought Javed's statement was both brave and maybe a little bit risky, given how successful 'Bobby' had been.

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As history shows, Javed Akhtar and Salim Khan went on to become one of the most famous writing teams in Bollywood. They wrote some of the most famous scripts in the industry's history. Rishi Kapoor himself became a legend in the Hindi film industry. This story is interesting because it shows how two important people in the Indian film industry met and worked together for the first time.

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