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The producers considered Danny Denzongpa for the role of Gabbar Singh, but he could not accept it as he was committed to act in Feroz Khan's Dharmatma (1975), under production at the same time. [32] Amjad Khan, who was the second choice, prepared himself for the part by reading the book Abhishapta Chambal, which told of the exploits of Chambal ...
The role of Gabbar Singh was so deep-rooted in people's mind those days that Amjad Khan was known for the rest of his life by this role alone and wherever he went he had to speak some dialogues from the film to amuse the public [16] [17] because the dialogues are very popular among the audiences of Indian cinema.
Ramgarh Ke Sholay (transl. Flames Of Ramgarh) is a 1991 Indian Hindi-language parody film directed by Ajit Dewani, starring Vijay Saxena, Kishore Bhanushali and Amjad Khan. [1] The film parodies the 1975 film Sholay [2] Amjad Khan, who played the iconic villain Gabbar Singh in the original, reprises his role in the film. [3]
In 1975, he was offered the role of dacoit Gabbar Singh for the film Sholay by Salim Khan, who was one of its writers. In preparation for the role, Amjad read Abhishapth Chambal, a book on Chambal dacoits written by Taroon Kumar Bhaduri (actress Jaya Bhaduri's father). Amjad shot to stardom with the movie.
Amjad Khan (12 November 1940 – 27 July 1992) was an Indian actor and film director. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Khan was starred in almost 132 films, in a career spanning over two decades. Khan debuted as a child actor in N. K. Ziree's 1951 film Nazneen .
Sardaar Gabbar Singh is a 2016 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film co-written and directed by Bobby Kolli, (credited as K. S. Ravindra) based on an original story by Pawan Kalyan. A sequel to Gabbar Singh (2012), it stars Pawan Kalyan reprising his role from the previous film alongside Kajal Aggarwal and Sharad Kelkar (his Telugu film debut).
Ginny Aur Johnny (transl. Ginny and Johnny) is a 1976 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film. Produced by Amarlal Chabria and directed by Mehmood the film stars Mehmood, Amjad Khan, Helen, Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini, Rishi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Vinod Mehra, Nutan, Rakesh Roshan and Baby Ginny, who is Mehmood's own daughter.
In 1975, he directed Sholay featuring an ensemble cast including Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar and Amjad Khan in his most iconic role as the dacoit Gabbar Singh. After a lukewarm start the box office, the film went on to become the biggest blockbuster in Bollywood film history.