Rajesh Khanna was a legendary actor of Indian cinema. He was considered a successful actor who once ruled the Hindi film industry. In a recent conversation, Master Raju shared a BTS moment from the sets of his film, Bawarchi. In the 1972 film, Master Raju a.k.a Raju Shrestha, worked as a child artist, while Jaya Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna appeared as lead actors. Master Raju recalled the fight between Jaya and Rajesh Khanna on the sets of Bawarchi over Amitabh Bachchan.
Jaya Bachchan had a clash with Rajesh Khanna on the sets of Bawarchi, says Master Raju
In a recent conversation with Siddharth Kannan, Master Raju recalled a BTS moment from the sets of his film, Bawarchi. He shared that Jaya Bachchan, who was Jaya Bhaduri back then, had a clash with Rajesh Khanna. They were at loggerheads due to Amitabh Bachchan. Master Raju highlighted that Rajesh Khanna didn’t like the fact that Big B was gaining popularity and constantly challenged his ‘first superstar’ status. He was quoted as saying:
“There was an argument, and the shooting had also stopped. I only remember something like this because Bawarchi is a very old film. That fight was regarding Amitabh Bachchan. Jayaji was friendly with Amit Ji and Amitabh was also close to Rishi Kapoor and he was doing a film with him. Rajesh Khanna had his own problem. He didn’t want anyone to replace him, and Amitabh Bachchan was coming up with a lot of force. Rajesh Khanna said something against Amitabh Bachchan to Jaya ji and that’s when they fought and the shooting was halted.”