One
can't
talk
about
Hindi
Film
Industry
without
mentioning
some
of
its
all-time
classic
films
and
Ramesh
Sippy's
Sholay
is
surely
one
of
them.
Sholay
which
featured
Amitabh
Bachchan,
Dharmendra,
Sanjeev
Kumar,
Hema
Malini,
Jaya
Bachchan
and
Amjad
Khan,
was
the
highest-grossing
Indian
film
at
that
time
and
no
matter
how
many
times
one
has
watched
it,
one
never
gets
bored
of
it.
But
did
you
know
that
Shatrughan
Sinha
was
approached
for
Sholay
too
and
he
rejected
the
film?
When
Himesh
Reshammiya
asked
the
75-year-old
actor
about
why
he
turned
down
Sholay
on
Indian
Idol
12,
the
actor
said
that
he
was
helpless
because
of
unavailability
of
dates.
Sinha
told
Himesh,
"During
those
times,
I
was
continuously
shooting
for
films
which
had
two
heroes
and,
somehow,
we
can
call
it
a
human
error
or
my
dates
were
an
issue
due
to
which
I
couldn't
sign
the
film
Sholay.
I'm
sad
but
happy
at
the
same
time
as
due
to
Sholay,
national
icon
Amitabh
Bachchan,
who
is
my
dear
friend,
got
such
a
big
break."
"Certain
rejections
of
films
occur
due
to
date
issues.
Even
Amitabh
Bachchan
wanted
to
do
Kalicharan
but
he
couldn't
do
it
for
a
reason.
It's
generic
in
nature,
even
Rajesh
Khanna,
Shah
Rukh
Khan,
Salman
Khan,
Sunny
Deol
must
have
rejected
films
for
several
reasons,"
added
Sinha.
We
wonder
for
which
character
Shatrughan
was
approached
by
Ramesh
Sippy.
On
a
related
note,
Shatrughan
is
not
very
active
in
the
film
industry
curently,
but
his
daughter
Sonakshi
Sinha
has
already
carved
a
niche
for
herself.
Of
late,
Sinha
shifted
his
focus
to
politics
and
currently,
he
is
a
member
of
the
Indian
National
Congress.