Farida Jalal has played long innings in Hindi cinema. He has worked with many superstars from Rajesh Khanna to Shah Rukh Khan. She won the talent hunt, after which her film career took off. Rajesh Khanna was also the winner in this competition. Farida’s first film was Takdeer. During a recent interview, Farida Jalal said that her experience working with Rajesh Khanna in Aaradhana was not good. Rajesh Khanna was arrogant and the two had a fight.
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Used to show arrogance while shooting
Rajesh Khanna and Farida Jalal started their career together. Both were in the movie Aaradhana. During an interview, Farida said that even before Aaradhana became a hit, Rajesh Khanna’s behavior on the sets was not good. While talking to Bollywood Babes, Farida said, ‘After Aradhana, she became ‘The Rajesh Khanna’ but during the shoot itself, her behavior was arrogant.
There was a fight
Farida Jalal said that she didn’t treat Rajesh Khanna like a star during the shoot, maybe she didn’t like it. He also had a fight with Rajesh Khanna. Then Sharmila Tagore spoke towards Farida Jalal.
There was a fight during the rehearsal
Farida said, I thought this man was very arrogant. Whenever I asked him about rehearsals, he would say, ‘How many rehearsals I was new to.’ I felt very bad. I also told him how can you say that, even if I need 10 rehearsals I will do it. Sharmilaji intervened when we had a fight. She defended me and spoke on my behalf.
Girls fell at his feet
Farida Jalal also talked about Rajesh Khanna’s stardom. She said, I could see how crazy people were about it. Girls are falling at his feet. They used to take autographs from him on their hands and faces. Seeing all this made me feel very dirty. He would look at me arrogantly and say, ‘See?’ I had never seen such stardom before.