{"id":271980,"date":"2025-04-02T07:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T07:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/amitabh-bachchan-and-rajesh-khanna-were-scolded-by-hrishikesh-mukherjee-for-talking-on-phone-during-shoot-recalls-raza-murad-he-locked-the-studio-gates\/"},"modified":"2025-04-02T07:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T07:05:07","slug":"amitabh-bachchan-and-rajesh-khanna-were-scolded-by-hrishikesh-mukherjee-for-talking-on-phone-during-shoot-recalls-raza-murad-he-locked-the-studio-gates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/amitabh-bachchan-and-rajesh-khanna-were-scolded-by-hrishikesh-mukherjee-for-talking-on-phone-during-shoot-recalls-raza-murad-he-locked-the-studio-gates\/","title":{"rendered":"Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna were scolded by Hrishikesh Mukherjee for talking on phone during shoot, recalls Raza Murad: \u2018He locked the studio gates\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Director Hrishikesh Mukherjee was the only filmmaker who managed to cast Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan in two films \u2013 Anand and Namak Haram. Hrishikesh was a strict taskmaster on set and ensured that his cast members followed the rules laid down by him. In a recent interview, veteran actor Raza Murad, who was also a part of Namak Haram, recalled the time when Hrishikesh scolded Amitabh and Rajesh on set<\/a><\/strong> because they were causing delays on set.<\/p>\n

He recalled the incident while they were filming the song \u201cSooni Re Sejaria\u201d and both Rajesh and Amitabh<\/a><\/strong> were missing from set because they were taking calls at the studio office. \u201cHrishi da set up the shot and he called Rajesh for the shot. He was told that he has gone to attend a phone call. Once he came back, he scolded Rajesh, \u2018tum phone karne jata hai, pata hai kitna nuksan hota hai producer ka? Rs 4000 ek minute nuksan hota hai. (You go and take calls, do you know the producer loses Rs 4000 per minute?)\u2019,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n

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Raza said that Hrishikesh then called Amitabh but was told that even the Zanjeer star was busy taking a call. \u201cDono ko bulaya, bithaya aur class li. \u2018Tum idhar kaam karne ke liye aaya hai ya phone karne ke liye aaya hai? Abhi jab tak gana khatam nahi hoga, koi set se bahar nahi jayega\u2019.<\/em> (He called them both and sat them down. He asked them, \u2018Have you come here to work or take calls? Now until the time the song shoot ends, no one will leave.),\u201d he said and added that Hrishikesh Mukherjee proceeded to lock the studio gate from inside and only opened it at 12:30 am when the shoot was wrapped.<\/p>\n

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It is said that Amitabh\u2019s successes after Namak Haram established him as the biggest star of the time, and he took over Rajesh Khanna<\/a>\u2019s spot. The two never collaborated for any film again. Years later, in an interview with Movie magazine, Rajesh said, \u201cWhen I saw Namak Haram at a trial at Liberty cinema. I knew my time was up. I told Hrishida, \u2018Here is the superstar of tomorrow\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n