Shatrughan Sinha has shared that he was supposed to act in the 1975 films Deewaar and Sholay

Shatrughan Sinha has shared that he was supposed to act in the 1975 films
Deewaar and Sholay but had to refuse both since he didn’t have any dates.
Both films ended up going to his friend, actor Amitabh Bachchan, and
further cemented his status as a star in the Hindi film industry. While the
veteran actor revealed he regretted that he couldn’t do those iconic films,
he was very happy that it made Amitabh into a national icon.Shatrughan got his acting break with Dev Anand’s Prem Pujari in 1970 but
the film Sajan released first in 1969. He has featured in many films such
as Gambler, Bombay to Goa, Ghulam Begum Badshah, Blackmail, Jaggu,
Kalicharan, Jaani Dushman, and Shaan among many others.The veteran actor recalled, “I have had films which I have regretted. Like
Deewaar. I regretted that I couldn’t do the film. Deewaar was written for
me. They had brought it to me. The script was with me for around six
months. But we had some creative differences and I returned the script
back. Similarly, with Sholay, I was supposed to do it. The role that my
friend Amitabh Bachchan did”