
Zanzeer: the musical chairs for the casting of hero before entry of Amitabh Bachchan Dev Anand', Dharmendra and Raaj Kumar were approached by Prakash Mehra before Amitabh's casting for Zanzeer By Rajesh Ahuja That Amitabh Bachchan was not the original choice for hero of Prakash Mehra's Zanzeer is well known. But not many are aware that the casting of the leading man for the action thriller went through a long musical chairs before Amitabh Bachchan was finally cast for the film, which catapulted him as the new superstar of the Hindi film industry. Prakash Mehra's Zanzeer went through a long musical chairs for casting of hero before entry of Amitabh Bachchan in the film The first actor to be approached for the role of hero in Zanzeer was Dharmendra. According to the biography of legendary actor Pran, the story of Zanzeer had been bought by Dharmendra, who was to be its leading man, and he had reached an agreement with Pr...