Rajesh Khanna and Shabana Azmi’s film Avatar was released in 1983, which is considered to be Rajesh Khanna’s comeback. Recently, Shabana Azmi shared an anecdote during the shooting of the song Chalo Bulawa Aaya Hai from this film. She said that at that time there used to be long queues and there was no toilet facility on the way. Shabana Azmi said in a conversation with Radio Nasha, ‘At that time it was very difficult to shoot in the temple of Vaishno Devi. There was no helicopter facility then. We had to climb on foot to reach the temple. There was no toilet facility on the way, due to which we had to face a lot of difficulties.’ Shabana said, ‘Can you imagine that Rajesh Khanna, who was a superstar, used to stand in line with Dalda cans? Not only this, it was also very cold at that time. Everyone used to sleep on the floor in the Dharamshalas. We had mattresses. But about 12 layers of blankets were put on them. We used to cover ourselves with six layers. Even after this, it felt cold. At that time, we were all like a team. No one had it in their mind that we are superstars, so we will not adjust. Shabana Azmi said, ‘Rajesh and I were good friends. Once we were talking to the media. He came in and we saw that he had a bandage on his leg and he was limping. A journalist saw this and asked what happened to his leg? So he immediately replied that yesterday I was riding a horse, and fell from the horse. At that time I was shocked and started thinking that I was with him, when did he shoot the horse riding scene? Shabana further said, ‘Rajesh kicked my feet under the table and signaled me to keep quiet. Later he said that I had fallen, and why do you always tell the truth? Obviously, I will not tell the journalist that my foot got stuck in the dhoti, so I fell. Let me live my moment. What is your problem? I laughed a lot after hearing this.
