Originally posted by: RPRRR42
Just one point
You said that if Zanjeer would have been Dev or Rajkumar in ,it would havd been a horrible miscasting.
Late director Gurudatt had made a very imp statement on this thought which almost we all have ,when we say that o",if this role would have been offered to her or him,kachara kela asta or sona kel asta
Gurudatt ,as a director had a diff say on this
He says
There is nothing like she or he would have done the best for this or that role.
Its destined to have that perticular hero or heroine or any creative person in that role,
An actor or actress already had done that role and if it turns out to b a success then ,he or she will always b recognised for that role and we can never imagine any other in that perticular role.
This had happened with him . ,Vahida Rahaman was never a choice for one of his films,i dont remember the name,bt he made that film with her instead of Meena kumari and rest is the history.
So if Dev anand had done Zanjeer ,then it would have been his film,hit or flop, no q of Amitabh as there was never any Amitabh when Dev anand was doing a film.
Its same as if Madhuri would have not done justice to hawa hawai or Sri devi had not done 1,2 3 ,
No.both would have done it as per their talent and if they would have turned out to b a hit , if they were the first choices for those films.
Then we would have never said that Madhuri would have done 12 3 and Sri devi had hawahawai better.
Its our general tendency to say .
For me,i m not a Dev anand fan but agree with you abt his looks❤️
Bt i found him much much better than overhyped actors like Dilip kumar and Raj kapoor
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