Rekha requested me to reschedule shoots as she wanted to spend evening

Ranjeet a.k.a Gopal Bedi the ultimate on-screen baddie has always been a candid interviewee. In an interview with Rediff, Ranjeet spoke at lengths about his roles and how his bad-boy image on the big screen affected him in real life among other topics.

When he took to direction, he zeroed upon Rekha, Dharmendra and Jaya Prada to make Kaaranama. But Rekha returned the signing amount and walked out of the film when he refused to oblige to her request.

Ranjeet said, "The entire first schedule of Kaaranama was an evening shift. One day, Rekha called and requested if I could move the schedule to a morning shift as she wanted to spend the evenings with Amitabh Bachchan."

"I had to delay the film and Dharmendra got busy with other commitments. He suggested Anita Raaj instead of Rekha. Ultimately, I made the film with Farah, Kimi Katkar and Vinod Khanna. It did average business (when it released in 1990)," added Ranjeet.

The rumors of Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha's alleged affair did a lot of rounds in tinselville back then. Rumors also suggested that the two secretly got married. But neither Rekha nor Amitabh Bachchan went on record to say anything.

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