Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan recently disclosed a very interesting piece of information related to the 1975 classic, Sholay. During the latest episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati, Bachchan recalled the shoot of the climax scene with co-star Dharmendra wherein things took a crazy turn, reported Hindustan Times.
The topic of Dharmendra shooting a real bullet was brought up by Bachchan in a conversation with contestant, CRPF DIG Preet Mohan Singh, who had told the actor that he was a big fan of the film. Singh had suggested that during the climax, Dharmendra should have picked up more ammunition which might have just saved Bachchan’s character Vijay’s life. Amitabh revealed that Dharmendra actually almost shot a real bullet at him during the scene.
“When we were shooting for that scene, then Dharam ji was down below and I was on top of the hill. Dharam ji opens a chest and picks up the ammunition. He did it once and was unable to pick up the bullets, did it again and failed again. Dharam ji got very irritated," Bachchan said.
Adding on, the actor recalled how his co-star got so irritated of not making the right shot that he ended up using real bullets. "I don’t know what he did, he put the cartridge in the gun and they were real bullets! He was so irritated about not getting the right shot that he fired the gun. I heard a ‘whooosh’ sound as the bullet went past my ear while I was standing on the hill. He had fired a real bullet. Main bach gaya (I was unhurt). So yes, there were many such incidents during the film and Sholay was indeed a special film,” he said during the show.
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