Sharmila Tagore, a seasoned performer who successfully juggled roles in both independent and big commercial films, is one of the most admired actress in Indian cinema.
Sharmila said in a recent interview that Satyajit Ray offered her Aranyer Din Ratri while she was already committed to Aradhana. Rajesh Khanna, the biggest actor at the time, starred in the Shakti Samanta-directed film Aradhana. She stated: “When I was working in Aradhana – it was taking a couple of years to be made – Manik da (Satyajit Ray) called me and offered me the role in Aranyer Din Ratri. It required one month at a stretch, and that was clashing with Sapno Ki Rani song being shot in Darjeeling. Rajesh Khanna’s dates were impossible to get, because he was working with 12 producers who had introduced him.”
Sharmila went on to explain how this information upset Shakti Samanta and led to problems with the shooting. By chance, the scenes in the movie starring Rajesh Khanna and Sujit Kumar were shot in Darjeeling, but Sharmila’s scenes were rear-projected at the studios. “That was a huge compromise, and I think I would have been sued in today’s time. But because Aradhana became such a huge success, everything was forgiven, and I was repeated in his (Shakti Samanta’s) later films,” she concluded.
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