New Delhi. Today Amitabh Bachchan’s name is taken with great respect not only in Bollywood but in the film industry of the entire world. The credit for taking the career of Amitabh Bachchan, famous among cinema lovers as the ‘Great Hero of the Century’, to great heights goes to director Prakash Mehra. Prakash Mehra had bet on Amitabh Bachchan at a time when no film producer-director wanted to take the risk of casting him in his film.
Director Prakash Mehra made the film ‘Zanjeer’ in the year 1973 and in this film he cast Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan in the lead roles. According to media reports, Prakash Mehra had even mortgaged his wife’s jewelery to make this film and this film made Amitabh Bachchan the angry young man of the industry.
Ran away from maternal grandfather’s house in Mumbai
With the success of ‘Zanjeer’, along with Big B, the career of director Prakash Mehra also got a tremendous boost in the industry. This director’s career in the world of films was always full of turmoil. His beginning in the film industry was surrounded by struggles. Prakash Mehra, who grew up in his maternal grandfather’s house, was very interested in music since childhood and had decided that he would become a singer when he grows up.
used to work in salon
Prakash Mehra was so obsessed with becoming a singer that he stole Rs 13 from his grandfather’s safe and ran away to Mumbai. At that time, he was very young and when he did not get work in the music industry, he started working in a salon to earn his living. Despite facing millions of difficulties, he did not go back home due to fear of his maternal grandfather.
Despite not being able to become a singer, Prakash Mehra had such a passion in his mind that he had decided that if he worked, it would be only in films. Prakash Mehra, who started his career with small work in films, made his debut as a director with ‘Haseena Maan Jayegi’ and then with ‘Zanjeer’ he managed to establish himself as a successful director.
FIRST PUBLISHED: May 18, 2024, 17:50 IST