Amjad Khan was one of the most popular Indian actors of his time. He has worked in over 130 films in his career of nearly twenty years. The Yaarana actor is famously known for his villainous roles in Hindi films, the most famous being the iconic Gabbar Singh in the 1975 classic Sholay and Dilawar in Muqaddar Ka Sikandar. Amjad Khan has done numerous blockbuster hits with Amitabh Bachchan. The duo was known for their hero-villain chemistry. Be it an action-drama or a family-drama movie, Amjad and Amitabh Bachchan's hero-villain Jodi always stood out. On the occasion of Amjad Khan's birthday, here some of his and Amitabh Bachchan's movies that must be on your watch-list:
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Mr Natwarlal is an action and comedy-drama movie, released in 1979. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha and Amjad Khan in lead roles. The Rakesh Kumar-directorial starred Amitabh Bachchan as the protagonist while Amjad donned the role of the antagonist. The movie recently completed 40 years.
@SrBachchan The tiger's scenes in #MrNatwarlal.. Just a true #Tiger who can do this.. #37YearsOfMrNatwarlal pic.twitter.com/E94I48ALVj
— Coky Amitabh EF (@CokyCrazyByAB) June 7, 2016
#40YearsOfMrNatwarlal #MrNatwarlal ran All India 25+ weeks & 50+ weeks in some cities. Highest grosser film of 1979 after #Suhaag. #AmitabhBachchan @SrBachchan sung a song 1st time, earlier he spoke some lyrics of #KabhiKabhie but he sang full song "Mere pass aao" became popular pic.twitter.com/ZYAu4SK6dF
— Sam (@samlakeshar) June 8, 2019
Satte Pe Satta is also an action and comedy-drama film. The Raj N. Sippy-directorial depicts the love story between Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini's characters. The film released in 1982 and was a huge hit. Amjad Khan is again seen as an antagonist.
Thanks for sharing this @shubh88888 .. @SrBachchan #Deewar #Kaaia #SattePeSatta pic.twitter.com/BpAXc1vwcG
— Yakuza (@yakuzazoomin) November 8, 2019
An icon and a legend for a reason! My fav films of all time are #SattePeSatta nd #Sharabi and my fav song is #KhabhiKhabhi. @SrBachchan Congratulations Sir! Thank you for your hard work and entertainment all these years. May God Bless you with many more years. Love from London xx https://t.co/Wr6WWNdurW
— Ravi Reehall (@RaviReehall) November 8, 2019
Sholay is arguably one of the most iconic Hindi movies of all time. The Ramesh Sippy-directorial released in 1975. The multi-star cast movie stars Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Sanjeev Kumar, and Amjad Khan in lead roles.
Watching #Sholay, yet again.
— Sonal Kalra (@sonalkalra) November 9, 2019
“Kaam, jo mein chahoon. Keemat, jo tum chaho.”
I’m going to call the HR tomorrow.
Backbone of #sholay movie #AmjadKhan https://t.co/NfUtxtSPM6
— Vickey (@awsmevicki1) November 12, 2019
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