'Shaktimaan' fame Mukesh Khanna reveals Amitabh Bachchan once said 'He copies me,' opens up on career being sabotaged

Veteran Bollywood and TV actor Mukesh Khanna, who is known for his portrayals in Mahabharat and Shaktimaan, recently made a comment on Amitabh Bachchan. In an interview with Hindi Rush, Khanna shared some anecdotes.

Mukesh said, “I starred in one advertisement. It was an ad where I put on perfume, and girls turned to look at me. A person told me he was present when this ad was being played in a theatre. He was Amitabh’s friend. And Amit ji has a certain style.”

He added, “If I were in his place, I might have said the same thing. He told me that Amit ji saw the ad and said, ‘Saala copy karta hai (He’s copying me).’ You can call me self-respecting or stubborn, but I told that man, ‘Pagal hai tu, woh aisa bolege? (Are you mad? Do you think he’d say this?)’ But that sentence stayed in my mind.”

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Did Big B sabotage his career? “We never worked together, but to say that Amitabh Bachchan finished my career is a nonsensical statement made by somebody. I told him, a reporter ‘Are you mad?’

Khanna, who is known for his portrayals in Mahabharat and Shaktimaan, recently made a controversial comment on the casting of Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama in Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana.

“I won’t say anything about this, if I do, they’ll accuse me of commenting about everyone and everything. They’ve ruined my reputation. I recently commented about Jackie Shroff’s son… I’m not rude, but I speak my mind. If they’re making a  _Ramayana_ , comparisons with Arun Govil will be inevitable,” Khanna told Midday referring to his act in Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan.