Shanivaar Ki Raat Amitabh Ke Saath back on Zee Cinema

All you Bachchan fans ' here's your chance to relive the magic of the "angry young man' who created ripples across the industry with his deep baritone voice. The series of "angry- young- man- films" started with Zanjeer, co-starring his future wife-to-be Jaya Bhaduri, and since then there has been no looking back. Zee cinema is showcasing Bollywood's favourite star Amitabh Bachchan, including some films never shown before on television.

In this series of "Shanivaar ki raat Amitabh Ke saath' Amitabh himself shares some interesting never before heard anecdotes about his blockbuster movies. Says Amitabh, "The lanky, dark, and intensely brooding persona did not go down well with directors who were looking for wise-cracking, fair, loverboys - the trademark of the Indian hero in the 1960s. Zanjeer was offered to Dharmendra and Dev Anand earlier.

But they turned down the offer. I was recommended By Salim Javed . Javed Akhtar had seen my intense performance in one of the scenes in Bombay to Goa and he liked me a lot. In fact he was convinced that the role of Inspector Vijay Khanna should be played by me".

"Since I wasn't very popular, many leading ladies of our industry refused the offer. Mumtaz was one of them. Even Jaya had turned it down initially but later agreed to do it very reluctantly." Continues the Big B. " The first shot required me to say the famous dialogue "Yeh Police Station hai tumhara baap ka ghar nahin".. Since Pran Sahab was also instrumental in getting me the role of Inspector Vijay Khanna..i was very hesitant to say something like this to a veteran actor like him" Confesses the angry young man in a candid conversation with Zee Cinema.