Mard Movie: Not one but six heroines were rejected for the film, after that, Amrita Singh got a chance with Amitabh Bachchan.

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Mard Movie: Not one but six heroines were rejected for the film, after that, Amrita Singh got a chance with Amitabh Bachchan.

Mard Movie: Earlier in Bollywood, something like this used to happen that the filmmakers used to tell about the film in advance but after that they used to select the actors and actresses of the film. Sometimes it also used to happen that even without deciding the title of the film, an announcement was made about the film with a superstar. Many times it has happened that after announcing the film with the actor, the makers had to face a lot of trouble in the selection of the film. Something similar happened in Amitabh Bachchan's film Mard as well. Let us tell you that this film was released on this day i.e. 8th November 1975.

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Let us tell you interesting facts about the film.

 

Amitabh and Manmohan desi the superhit Jodi

Manmohan Desai was counted among the famous directors at that time. He made an important contribution to the films of the 70s and 80s. Let us tell you that Manmohan Desai is the director who has made the career of Amitabh Bachchan. Without him, the megastar cannot start the story of his career. It is Manmohan Desai's films because of which Amitabh Bachchan became the emperor of Bollywood. The duo worked in films like 'Parvarish', 'Amar Akbar Anthony', 'Naseeb', 'Coolie', 'Mard', 'Suhaag', 'Ganga Jamuna Saraswati', 'Deshpremi' and 'Toofan' and all The films proved to be blockbusters.

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Amrita's career was made (Mard Movie)

But do you know that Manmohan Desai not only made the career of Amitabh Bachchan but also gave a new direction to the career of the very beautiful actress of the 80s, Amrita Singh? Let us tell you that Amitabh Bachchan gave many super hit films with Manmohan Desai. After that, he decided to do another film with Amitabh. This film was released in the year 1985. Amitabh's fans still like this film very much. Actress Amrita Singh worked with Amitabh Bachchan for the first time in this film. The pairing of both was a superhit on screen.

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6 heroines were rejected

According to the information, let us tell you that Amrita Singh was not Manmohan Desai's first choice for this film. Before him, the director had rejected 6 heroines for the film. After that this film fell in Amrita's lap. But if media reports are to be believed then this film was initially going to be done by actress Rekha. But at that time there was a lot of personal dispute going on with Amitabh Bachchan due to which their pairing did not come on screen.

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The magic had worked

After that, this film was offered to Parveen Bobby, Zeenat Aman, Hema Malini, Dimple Kapadia, and Reena Roy, but luck had something else in the store, things could not work out with all the actresses and Amrita Singh was offered this film and she said yes to it.  Let us tell you that Amitabh Bachchan's character in the film was very strong, hence the director wanted to sign a great actress. But the magic of their pair worked on the big screen and the film proved to be a hit.

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