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Amitabh Bachchan Recalls How Producers Rejected Him Over Height And Face Size
- •Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan shared his early struggles and rejection stories during a recent episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati 18.
- •He revealed that producers initially rejected him because his tall height would make it difficult to cast heroines opposite him.
- •His iconic 1970s hairstyle and long sideburns were actually adopted to make his face look wider after complaints that it was too small.
- •Bachchan made his acting debut in the 1969 film Saat Hindustani before achieving massive stardom with the 1973 film Zanjeer.
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Amitabh Bachchan adopted his signature hairstyle and long sideburns because producers in his early career raised concerns about his physical appearance, specifically claiming that his face was too small. To make his face look fuller, he grew out his hair down to his sideburns.
During his early struggle in the film industry, producers told Bachchan that because of his tall height, no heroine would work with him, and that his face was too small. Some people even told him that he did not know how to act and that he should go back home.
After appearing in several films that failed commercially, Amitabh Bachchan experienced a major career turning point with the 1973 film Zanjeer, where he played police officer Vijay Khanna and became Bollywood's 'Angry Young Man'.
