Amitabh Bachchan is one among the best actors Indian Cinema has ever witnessed. He began his profession with Saat Hindustani but rose to prominence because the Indignant Young Man with Prakash Mehra’s Zanjeer. After Zanjeer, Yash Chopra signed the superstar for Deewaar!
Written by Salim-Javed, the film also starred Nirupa Roy, and Shashi Kapoor as well. In reality, it had among the most iconic dialogues of the Indian Cinema, right from ‘Mere Paas Maa Hai’ to ‘Mera Baap Chor Hai’ and ‘Aaj Khush To Bahut Hoge Tum.’
Aaj Khush To Bahut Hoge Tum….Hayynnn!
Deewaar had one of the iconic scenes of the Indian Cinema as well – Amitabh Bachchan, an atheist fighting and having a conversation with ‘Bhagwaan’ in a Mandir, begging for his mother’s life. The scene began with the dialogue – Aaj Khush To Bahut Hoge Tum!
Shot Ready Hai!
Amitabh Bachchan, as per Hindustan Times, once revealed how scared he was to shoot the temple scene. The actor recalled, “In my film Deewaar, there was a scene where my character Vijay goes to the temple for the primary time and prays for his mother. It was a really difficult scene for me, and within the morning, I did all my makeup and was ready early within the morning with my look. (Director) Yash Chopra ji got here on the set, and he said, ‘Chalo bhai, the shot is prepared.’ Imagine me, I used to be unable to maneuver out of my room.”
He further narrated, “We had begun at 7 am, and I sat in my room till 10 pm. I didn’t leave, speculating the right way to go concerning the scene. This was a personality who didn’t consider in God and had to wish for his mother’s life, so what should I say and enact in front of the camera? But let me let you know, I would really like to salute the author who wrote the script, and his first line was ‘Aaj khush toh bahut hongey tum’. What a line!”
Amitabh Bachchan rehearsed your complete scene from 7 am to 10 pm in front of the mirror and refused to shoot before he was confident that the lines by Salim-Javed would sound convincing coming out of Vijay’s character. Finally, the scene was shot after a protracted rehearsal and self-doubt session, and it became one of the iconic scenes in Indian cinema.
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