Why Amitabh Bachchan Never Worked With Madhuri Dixit - Blast from the Past

Amitabh Bachchan and Madhuri Dixit were on the top of their game but rarely worked together. Why?

Two of the biggest superstar of our times - Amitabh Bachchan and Madhuri Dixit - almost came together for JP Duuta’s Bandua.  But the film never took off. Why hasAmitabh Bachchan never worked with Madhuri Dixit? Apparently he turned down every offer that he got with her.

One director who wanted to cast them together came away shocked when apparently, the Big B said, “Cast any actress…Dimple, Jaya Prada, Shabana Azmi, not HER (Dixit).”

We wonder what  happened between  them to put a freeze on all collaborations? This is not the first topnotch pair that has refused to work together. What about Dilip Kumar and Sadhana or Sharmila Tagore and Raj Kapoor, or Mala Sinha and Dilip Kumar?

It is no coincidence that these pairs never  happened, all thanks to the Great Indian Male Ego. Somewhere these heroines refused to play up to the heroes or maybe chose to be chummy with other rival heroes. Sharmila Tagore was never known  to flatter her heroes whereas Raj Kapoor liked his leading ladies  to pamper his ego.

Meena Kumari and Raj Kapoor, both topnotch actors  of the 1950s never worked together except in  Sharda where she played the woman who married Raj’s father. Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman only in Teesri Kasam, the biggest flop of Kapoor’s career.