Why
Rajesh
Khanna
Couldn’t
Do
Deewar
Rajesh
Khanna
was
quoted
as
saying,
"Salim-Javed
and
I
had
differences.
They
refused
to
give
the
script
to
Yash
Chopra
because
they
wanted
only
Amitabh
Bachchan.
So,
although
Yash
Chopra
wanted
me
for
Deewar,
he
had
no
choice."
He
Further
Added..
"And
overall,
he
must
have
felt
that
may
be
Amitabh
Bachchan
fitted
the
bill
better.
Later,
I
saw
just
two
reels
of
Deewar
and
honestly,
I
said,
‘Wah!
Kya
baat
hai!'
Honest
to
God.
Talent
was
always
there
when
I
worked
with
him
in
Anand
or
Namak
Haram."
Rajesh
Khanna
On
Envying
Big
B
Rajesh
Khanna,
who
was
known
for
speaking
without
mincing
words,
also
went
on
to
admit
that
he
envied
Big
B
after
Deewar.
He
had
said,
"After
Deewar,
I
always
envied
him.
Only
thing
is,
I
smiled
each
time
he
slipped
because
he
made
the
same
mistakes
that
I
once
made."
How
Big
B
Had
Reacted
To
His
Confession?
After
listening
to
Rajesh
Khanna's
confession,
Big
B
had
said,
"I
just
can't
sit
here
taking
all
these
compliments
from
you,
because
it's
a
little
embarrassing."
To
which
Rajesh
Khanna
had
replied,
"It's
not
embarrassing.
It's
the
truth,
which
I
feel
from
the
bottom
of
my
heart."