Bollywood Trivia of Roti Kapdo Aur Makan: Today in Bollywood Trivia we will talk about the classic Bollywood movie ‘Roti Prado Aur Makan’. The film released in October 1974 starring Manoj Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Zeenat Aman and Mausumi Chatterjee. The film was directed and written by Manoj Kumar.
This was the first film in which Amitabh worked with Premnath and Kuljit. There were some shots of Amitabh with him, but no dialogues.
Manoj Kumar offered the film to Sharmila Tagore, but she did not like the role she got. It was actually a complete misunderstanding and Manoj Kumar’s assistant told Sharmila the wrong role, when Manoj wanted to offer her the role he wanted.
The film’s song ‘Hai Hai Ye Majboori’ was earlier meant for Mausumi Chatterjee’s character, but due to the actress’ pregnancy, it could not happen. After this the song was picturized on Zeenat Aman.
Actor Premnath saw a portion of the film and was furious as Manoj Kumar cut his part. This is why Premnath said that Manoj should be told that his role should be increased. However, when Prem Nath met Manoj again and asked about this, he got the reply – ‘Your role has been cut further, and some of the junior actor’s scenes have been enhanced. This will give strength to the film. At that time Prem Nath did not like this, but later when he saw the whole film, he praised Manoj Kumar and wished him well.
This is the first film in which Jinam Aman and Amitabh Bachchan worked together, although the two did not become a couple in the film.
The film was Veeru Devgan’s first film as a stunt coordinator.
Mousumi Chatterjee had a lot of flour in her hair during the rap scene in the film, which she had to work hard to clean. Not only this, he also got flour in his mouth, which caused him to vomit several times during the night. By the way, say Mousumi was pregnant during this rap scene.
Talking to the media about the film, Jaya Bachchan said that Manoj Kumar has not used Amitabh Bachchan properly in the film. He should have got more screen time in the film.
If we remove the first three scenes of the film, it would not be wrong to say that Amitabh Bachchan did not appear before the interval.
This is one of the few films in which Amitabh Bachchan played the role of a college student. Recall that earlier in the movie Kabhi Kabhi she also became a college student.
The role of Shashi Kapoor in the film was earlier offered to Naveen Nischal by Manoj Kumar, but he turned it down. The reason was that he only wanted to do a solo hero film.
Manoj Kumar promised Mehmood a role in the film. But that didn’t happen when the film was announced. Mehmood said about this that Manoj Kumar was insecure with him, so he was not cast.