Acto
Satyajeet
Pu i
ece tly
sha ed
how
o e
majo
co t ove sy
back
i
the
day
led
to
the
boycott
of
Amitabh
Bachcha
a d
affected
his
1987
film
‘Kau
Jeeta
Kau
Haa a’.
He
ecalled
that
public
se time t
agai st
the
acto
tu ed
so
hostile
back
the
that
people
boycotted
his
movies,
eve
defaci g
poste s
of
the
film
with
black
pai t.
Amitabh
Bachcha
joi ed
afte
liki g
the
film
Sha i g
a
video
o
his
social
media,
Satyajeet
Pu i
ecou ted
how
Amitabh
Bachcha
came
o
boa d
the
film
afte
seei g
it
a d
bei g
imp essed.
“Amit
Ji
saw
the
film
a d
liked
it.
He
said,
what
ole
ca
I
play
i
this
film?
You
film
is
al eady
complete.
He
said,
you
become
the
a ato
i
this
film.
You
a ate
the
e ti e
sto y
of
this
film,”
Pu i
ecalled.He
explai ed
that
a
special
sce a io
was
w itte
i to
the
film
to
i co po ate
Bachcha ‘s
p ese ce.
“So,
a
situatio
was
made,
whe e
Amit
Ji
is
a
acto
a d
his
ca
b eaks
dow ,
a d
he
a ates
the
e ti e
film.
Amit
Ji
came,
Amit
Ji
did
the
e ti e
shooti g,
his
e ti e
po tio
was
shot,
a d
the
film
was
eleased,”
he
said.Pu i
sha ed
that
he
was
optimistic
Bachcha ‘s
i volveme t
would
d aw
c owds
to
the
theat es.
“He e,
I
was
ve y
happy,
that
ow
Amit
Ji
is
i
ou
film,
the
ope i g
of
the
film
will
be
good,
people
will
come
a d
watch,
the
film
is
good,”
he
said.
Bofo s
co t ove sy
cha ged
public
se time t
towa ds
Amitabh
Bachcha
Howeve ,
Pu i
evealed
that
fate
had
othe
pla s,
a d
thi gs
took
a
sha p
tu
followi g
the
Bofo s
co t ove sy,
cha gi g
eve ythi g.
“But
what
I
had
told
you
ea lie ,
fate,
at
that
time,
somethi g
happe ed,
that
the
sto y
of
Bofo s
came
out,
a d
people
became
a ti
Amit
Ji.
They
became
so
a ti
that
they
stopped
watchi g
Amit
Ji’s
film,”
he
ecalled.
People
blacked
out
poste s
of
‘Kau
Jeeta
Kau
Haa a’
Pu i
claimed
this
hostility
exte ded
to
‘Kau
Jeeta
Kau
Haa a’
upo
its
theat ical
elease.
“A d
whe
this
film
was
eleased,
people
completely
ba ed
it
f om
thei
side.
They
did ‘t
watch
it.
The e
was
o
i te est
to
watch
it.
Eve
the
poste s
of
ou
film,
people
blacked
them
out.
A d
that
film,
such
a
good
film,
such
a
good
sto y,
it
did ‘t
wo k
at
all,
it
flopped,”
he
said.Reflecti g
o
the
whole
episode,
Pu i
put
the
film’s
failu e
dow
to
shee
luck.
“Like
I
told
you,
film
i dust y,
99%
is
luck,
a d
1%
agai
luck.
So
that
was ‘t
i
my
fate,
that
film
was ‘t
i
my
fate,”
he
said.
He
also
spoke
about
how,
despite
ot
sha i g
sc ee
space
with
Bachcha
i
the
t aditio al
se se,
they
we e
still
both
pa t
of
the
same
film.
“But
yes,
i
that
film,
I
did ‘t
wo k
with
Amit
Ji,
but
togethe ,
we
we e
i
that
film,”
he
said.
About
‘Kau
Jeeta
Kau
Haa a’
Fo
those
u familia ,
‘Kau
Jeeta
Kau
Haa a’
was
helmed
a d
p oduced
by
Rakesh
Kuma ,
a d
b ought
togethe
a
e semble
cast
that
i cluded
Kisho e
Kuma ,
A u a
I a i,
Am ish
Pu i,
Jagdeep,
Ti u
A a d
a d
Satyajeet
Pu i,
with
Amitabh
Bachcha
maki g
a
appea a ce
as
himself.
