When Rajesh Khanna became a superstar, this actor started flying, people used to ask- where is the crowd?

Hindi cinema was ruled by stars like Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand and Dilip Tiwari in the 50-60s and then in the 60-70s Shammi Kapoor made people crazy with his acting and part. But, as soon as Rajesh Khanna took entry, Shammi Kapoor’s magic began to fade. Those who were first fans of Shammi Kapoor were now gathering outside Rajesh Khanna’s bungalow ‘Ashirwad’. Recently, Ashish Vidyarthi shared an interesting anecdote related to Shammi Kapoor and told how people were emerging as Rajesh Khanna superstar at one time, people started taunting Shammi Kapoor.

When people started taunting Shammi Kapoor

In a conversation with Siddharth Kanan, Ashish Vidyarthi spoke on Rajesh Khanna’s high status and Shammi Kapoor’s declining fan following and Shammi Kapoor recalled words that became a big lesson for him. He told that Shammi Kapoor himself had mentioned this to him and told how people started to taunt him openly as soon as Rajesh Khanna became hero.

Ashish Vidyarthi narrated the story related to Shammi Kapoor

Ashish Vidyarthi recalled the story related to Shammi Kapoor and said, ‘Shammi Kapoor ji had told me one thing many years ago. This is when I was shooting for a serial ‘Dastan’ in Sharjah. Meanwhile, Shammi Kapoor ji came there, he came with a producer to shoot ‘Chattan’. One day, suddenly he gave me an advice. He said to me, ‘Remembering son after another, the people of this industry will remove your air. When my stardom started decreasing, people started saying to me- ‘What happened Shammi ji, where is the crowd nowadays?’ I replied, ‘Son, nowadays the crowd is outside the blessing (Rajesh Khanna’s bungalow).’

Shammi Kapoor’s words left forever with Ashish Vidyarthi

Ashish Vidyarthi says that these words of Shammi Kapoor remained with him forever. He continued his point and said- ‘Shammi ji wanted to convince me that people will leave you with you one day. Those who praise you today, they will go away from you when your time is set and one day you will be left alone. If your luck has brought you success, then celebrate this moment, but always keep it in mind that it is not forever. ‘

Shammi Kapoor’s famous movies

Let me tell you, Shammi Kapoor was one of the most popular stars in the 60s. People loved his dance and style. In his career, he gave superhit films like ‘Kashmir Ki Kali’ (1964), ‘Professor’ (1962), ‘N Evening in Paris’ (1967), ‘Brahmachari’ (1968) and ‘Third Manzil’ (1966) and made it to the hearts of the audience.

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